Arthur Burns is professor of modern

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and from 2014 to 2017 was Vice-Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. In 2017 he was appointed academic director of the Georgian Papers Programme at King's. Burns specialises in the history of English religion since the mid-eighteenth century, and particularly the history of the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

. Burns co-founded and co-edits the

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monograph series ''Studies in Modern British Religious History''. He received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

. He is a fellow of the

Royal Historical Society The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

,Professor Arthur Burns.
Royal Historical Society, Retrieved 21 May 2015. and from 2012 to 2016 was its Vice President (Education), overseeing policy on the teaching of History in both schools and universities; he previously served as one of its Literary Directors. In 2016 he was appointed President of the Church of England Record Society, and was awarded an honorary fellowship of the

Historical Association The Historical Association is a membership organisation of historians and scholars founded in 1906 and based in London. Its goals are to support "the study and enjoyment of history at all levels by creating an environment that promotes lifelong lea ...

in 2015. Burns was responsible for the development of the

Clergy of the Church of England Database The Clergy of the Church of England database (CCEd) is an online database of clergy of the Church of England between 1540 and 1835. The database project began in 1999 with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is ongoing as a ...

Selected publications

*''The Diocesan Revival in the Church of England, c. 1800–1870'' (

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, 1999). *(Edited with Joanna Innes) ''Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain, 1780–1850'' (

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, 2003). *(Edited with Derek Keene and Andrew Saint) ''St Paul’s: The Cathedral Church of London, 604–2004'' (

Yale University Press Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day, and became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and operationally autonomous. , Yale Universi ...

, 2004; awarded 2004 Berger prize for British Art History). *"Beyond the 'Red Vicar': Christian Socialism and Community in Thaxted, Essex, ''c''. 1910–84", ''

History Workshop Journal The ''History Workshop Journal'' is a British academic history journal published by Oxford University Press. ''History Workshop'' was founded in 1976 by Raphael Samuel and others involved in the History Workshop movement. Originally sub-titled "A ...

'' (2013). *(Edited with

Paul Readman Paul Andrew Readman, FRHistS, is a political and cultural historian. He is Professor in Modern British History at King's College London, where he was Head of the History Department (2008–12) and as of 2018 is Vice-Dean for Research. Biography ...

and Chad Bryant) ''Walking Histories 1800–1914'' (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

References

External links

Clergy of the Church of England Database.Georgian Papers Programme
Academics of King's College London Year of birth missing (living people) Living people History of the Church of England Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Historical Society {{England-history-stub