Early life and education
Chase was born in Grays to the carpenter (later building surveyor) Sherwin Chase and bank clerk Elizabeth (née Austin). He attended Palmer’s boys school, before taking a BA in history at the University of York, graduating in 1978. He proceeded to theAcademic career
Chase began working in the Department of Adult Continuing Education at theInspired by the participatory ethos of the History Workshop Movement of the 70s, Malcolm kept in touch with – and continued to learn from – local historians, amateur enthusiasts and the interested general public. He spoke at countless meetings of local history societies, historical association branches, schools and colleges, and regional museums and galleries, regularly penning thoughtful pieces for local and regional history journals. He was generous with his time, encouraging younger historians and providing opportunities for them. At the annual Chartism Day conferences in different centres he was the animating figure encouraging new research and discussion.Chase retired from his Leeds chair in 2019 as an Emeritus Professor.
Marriage
In 1983 Chase married Shirley Fereday, whom he had met at Sussex University. They had a daughter.Death
Chase died from a brain tumour on 29 February 2020, aged 63.Bibliography
* ''The People's Farm: English Radical Agrarianism, 1775-1840'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988) * and C. Shaw, eds., ''The Imagined Past: History and Nostalgia'' (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989) * ''The Life and Literary Pursuits of Allen Davenport, with a Further Selection of the Author's Work'' (Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1994) * and Ian Dyck, eds., ''Living and Learning: Essays in Honour of J. F. C. Harrison'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1996). * ''Early Trade Unionism: Fraternity, Skill and the Politics of Labour'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000) * ''Labour and Locality (The Wolfson Lecture in Local History for 2003)'' (University of Cambridge: Institute for Continuing Education, 2005) * * ''1820: Disorder and Stability in the United Kingdom'' (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2013). * * * ed. ''The Chartists: Perspectives and Legacies'' (London: Merlin Press, 2015)References
Further reading
* Josh Gibson, 'Malcolm Chase (1957–2020)', ''Northern History'', 58 (2021), 165-68, {{DEFAULTSORT:Chase, Malcolm 1957 births 2020 deaths Alumni of the University of York Alumni of the University of Sussex Academics of the University of Leeds History Today people