Eric J. Evans (2 July 1945 – 27 March 2022) was a British historian who was

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at the

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and was Chair (1991–98) and vice-president (since 1998) of the Social History Society.

Education

His first degree ( BA) was from the

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(1966) and his PhD was from the

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(1970). His specialist research interests included: British political history since the eighteenth century; the history of social policy; how social change affects the political process; British national identities.

Career

His academic career began as a Lecturer at the

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(1969–71). He had been at Lancaster University since 1971, being successively Lecturer,

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and

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. He became

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of Social History in 1985 and served as Dean of the university's Faculty of Arts and Social Science (2004–5). He was an office-holder of the Social History Society from its inception in 1976 to 1998, serving as the Society's Chairman (1991–98) and Honorary Vice-president (from 1998). More recent publications included ''The Shaping of Modern Britain, 1780–1914'' (Pearson Longman, 2011), ''

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, Statesmanship Power and Party'' (2nd ed., 2006) and ''The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain 1783–1870'' (3rd ed., Longman, 2001). He was also interested in curriculum development and assessment. He was Chief Examiner and Chair of Examiners in History for each of the three major English GCSE and A-level Awarding Bodies. He was Chair of the History Postgraduate Awards Panel of the

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from 2000 to 2005. He was elected a Centenary Fellow of the UK

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in 2006. He was also a Fellow of the

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and the Royal Society of Arts. He was awarded a

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by the

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in 2004. His hobbies included music and cricket.

Publications

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References

External links

Lancaster University Portal Obituary
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