Tom Oliver Licence FSA,

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, is a British historian specialising in the period 950–1200, with an additional interest in Victorian consumer waste. He is Professor of Medieval History and Consumer Culture at the

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and director of the Centre of East Anglian Studies. His work on Victorian consumer waste, represented in his book and website ''What the Victorians threw away'', has attracted international press coverage.

Education

Licence attended

Westcliff High School for Boys Westcliff High School for Boys (WHSB) is an 11–18 selective academy grammar school for boys in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. In September 2001 the school was awarded ‘Beacon’ status for its breadth of achievements and quality of work. T ...

and has an MA in History (2002), MPhil in Medieval History (2003) and PhD (2006) from the

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. His thesis title was "England's hermits, 970–1220". He is a Fellow of the

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, the Society of Antiquaries and the

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Selected publications

*''Hermits and Recluses in English society, 950–1200'' (2011,

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: ) *''Herman the Archdeacon and Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: Miracles of St Edmund'', ed. (2014), Clarendon Press * ''Bury St Edmonds and the Norman Conquest'' (2014, edited,

Boydell Press Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, edition ...

: ) *''What the Victorians Threw Away'' (2015, Oxbow book: ) *''Edward the Confessor: Last of the Royal Blood'' (2020),

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 ...

References

External links

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What the Victorians threw away: the book, the database, the project
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People educated at Westcliff High School for Boys Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of East Anglia British medievalists 21st-century British historians {{UK-historian-stub