The Ford Lectures, technically the James Ford Lectures in British History, are an annual series of

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s held at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

on the subject of

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. They are usually devoted to a particular historical theme and usually span six lectures over

Hilary term Hilary term is the second academic term of the University of OxfordJames Ford (1779–1851). Ford was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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, in 1797. After graduating in 1801, he went on to his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. He was a Fellow of Trinity College from 1807 to 1830. His antiquarian collections have been dispersed, but survive in the holdings of the

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, the Library of Trinity College, the

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, and the

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In his will, Ford left a number of bequests, some of which were held in trust for the support of his surviving siblings. After they had all died, Oxford University received his bequest of £2,000 to fund a professorship of English history, which was to be established when the principal had grown to support payment of £100 per year. When this goal was reached in 1894, the sum was not enough to support a professor at the current stipend. After considerable discussion within the University, the funds were assigned to fund an annual lectureship in English history by a lecturer who was to be chosen annually by a board of electors. The first Ford's Lecturer in English History was

S. R. Gardiner Samuel Rawson Gardiner (4 March 1829 – 24 February 1902) was an English historian, who specialized in 17th-century English history as a prominent foundational historian of the Puritan revolution and the English Civil War. Life The son of ...

, elected for the academic year beginning in 1896. In 1994, the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

formally changed the official title of the series from "Ford's Lectures in English History" to "Ford's Lectures in British History". As the lectures may be given in either the

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or Hilary terms (or partly in both), confusion can arise on publication because either ''calendar'' year may be stated. The following list gives the ''academic'' year.

Ford's lecturers

The following have been Ford Lecturers.

To 1899

* 1896–97

, ''Cromwell's Place in History'' * 1897–98

Frederic William Maitland Frederic William Maitland (28 May 1850 – ) was an English historian and lawyer who is regarded as the modern father of English legal history. Early life and education, 1850–72 Frederic William Maitland was born at 53 Guilford Street, Lon ...

, ''Township and borough '' * 1898–99

Adolphus William Ward Sir Adolphus William Ward (2 December 1837 – 19 June 1924) was an English historian and man of letters. Life Ward was born at Hampstead, London, the son of John Ward. He was educated in Germany and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1866, Ward ...

, ''Great Britain and

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

: some aspects of the personal union'' * 1899-00

James Hamilton Wylie James Hamilton Wylie (8 June 1844 – 25 February 1914) was a British historian. Described by Juliet Barker as "the epiome of a Victorian antiquarian" and "the master of Lancastrian history" by James Westfall Thompson, he is best known for his fo ...

, ''The

Council of Constance The Council of Constance was a 15th-century ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance in present-day Germany. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the res ...

to the death of

John Hus Jan Hus (; ; 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as ''Iohannes Hus'' or ''Johannes Huss'', was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspi ...

1900–1924

* 1900–01 Charles Firth, ''Cromwell's army: a history of the English soldier during the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate'' * 1901–02

Charles Plummer Charles Plummer, FBA (1851–1927) was an English historian and cleric, best known as the editor of Sir John Fortescue's ''The Governance of England'', and for coining the term "bastard feudalism". He was the fifth son of Matthew Plummer of St ...

, ''The life and times of

Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who bot ...

'' * 1902–03

Julian Corbett Sir Julian Stafford Corbett (12 November 1854 at Walcot House, Kennington Road, Lambeth – 21 September 1922 at Manor Farm, Stopham, Pulborough, Sussex) was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and ear ...

, ''England in the Mediterranean'' * 1903–04

Leslie Stephen Sir Leslie Stephen (28 November 1832 – 22 February 1904) was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Life Sir Leslie Stephen came from a distinguished intellectua ...

, ''English literature and society in the 18th century'' * 1904–05

Andrew Lang Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University ...

* 1905–06 Arthur L. Smith, ''The Church and State in the Middle Ages'' * 1906–07

Francis Haverfield Francis John Haverfield, (8 November 1860 at Shipston-on-Stour – 1 October 1919) was an English ancient historian, archaeologist, and academic. From 1907 to 1919 he held the Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Oxford ...

, ''The Roman Occupation of Britain'' * 1907–08

Alfred Comyn Lyall Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (4 January 1835 – 10 April 1911) was a British civil servant, literary historian and poet. Early life He was born at Coulsdon in Surrey, the second son of Alfred Lyall and Mary Drummond Broadwood, daughter of James S ...

* 1908–09 Arthur Johnson, ''The Disappearance of the Small Landowner'' * 1909–10

George Edmundson George Edmundson (4 February 1848 – 3 July 1930) was a clergyman of the Church of England and academic historian of the University of Oxford. He took up benefices in Northolt and Chelsea and in retirement lived in the south of France. Early ...

, ''Anglo-Dutch rivalry during the first half of the 17th century'' * 1910–11

John William Fortescue The Honourable Sir John William Fortescue (28 December 1859 – 22 October 1933) was a British military historian. He was a historian of the British Army and served as Royal Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle from 1905 until 1926. Ea ...

, ''British Statesmen of the Great War, 1793–1814'' * 1911–12

Reginald L. Poole Reginald Lane Poole, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (1857–1939) was a British historian. He was Keeper of the Archives (University of Oxford), Keeper of the Archives and a lecturer in diplomatics at the University of Oxford, where he gave th ...

, ''The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century'' * 1912–13 T. F. Tout, ''The place of the reign of

Edward II Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to t ...

in English history'' * 1913–14

Peter Hume Brown Peter Hume Brown, FBA (17 December 1849 – 1 December 1918) was a Scottish historian and professor who played an important part in establishing Scottish history as a significant academic discipline. As well as teaching and writing, he spent 16 ...

, ''The legislative union of England and Scotland'' * 1914–15

Andrew George Little Andrew George Little (28 September 1863 – 22 October 1945) was an English historian, specialising in the Franciscans (known as the Greyfriars) in medieval England. He was Professor of History at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff, ...

, ''Studies in English Franciscan History'' * 1915–16 No Election * 1916–17

A. G. Little Andrew George Little (28 September 1863 – 22 October 1945) was an English historian, specialising in the Franciscans (known as the Greyfriars) in medieval England. He was Professor of History at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff, ...

, ''Studies in English Franciscan History'' * 1917–18 No Election * 1918–19 No Election * 1919–20 John E. Lloyd * 1920–21 Arthur Frederic Basil Williams * 1921–22 Sir

Richard Lodge Sir Richard Lodge (20 June 1855 – 2 June 1936) was a British historian. He was born at Penkhull, Staffordshire, the fourth of eight sons and a daughter of Oliver Lodge (1826–1884) – later a china clay merchant at Wolstanton, Staffordshire ...

, ''Great Britain and

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

in the 18th century'' * 1922–23 J. Armitage Robinson, ''The times of

Saint Dunstan Saint Dunstan (c. 909 – 19 May 988) was an English bishop. He was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. His work restored monastic life in E ...

'' * 1923–24 C. L. Kingsford, ''Prejudice and promise in 15th century England''

1925–1949

* 1924–25

Henry William Carless Davis Henry William Carless Davis (13 January 1874 – 28 June 1928) was a British historian, editor of the '' Dictionary of National Biography'', and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History. Early career Davis was born in Ebley, near Stroud, Glo ...

, ''The age of Grey and Peel'' * 1925–26 * 1926–27 F. M. Powicke, ''

Stephen Langton Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his ...

'' * 1927–28 Albert Frederick Pollard * 1928–29

F. M. Stenton Sir Frank Merry Stenton, FBA (17 May 1880 – 15 September 1967) was an English historian of Anglo-Saxon England, and president of the Royal Historical Society (1937–1945). The son of Henry Stenton of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, he was educ ...

, ''The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066–1166'' * 1929–30

Alfred Francis Pribram Alfred Francis Pribram (1859–1942) was a British historian of Austrian origin. Life He was born on 1 September 1859 in London, England, the son of Heinrich Pribram and Sophie Pribram. He died on 7 May 1942 in London. Career Pribram contri ...

, ''England and the International Policy of the European Great Powers, 1871–1914'' * 1930–31

Keith Feiling Sir Keith Grahame Feiling (7 September 1884 – 16 September 1977) was a British historian, biographer and academic. He was Chichele Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, 1946–1950. He was noted for his conservative interpre ...

* 1931–32 Keith Grahame Feiling, ''The tories in opposition and in power, 1714–1806'' * 1932–33

A. Hamilton Thompson Alexander Hamilton Thompson, (7 November 1873–4 September 1952) was a historian. He was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leeds from 1924 to 1939. Early life and education Thompson was born on 7 November 1873 at Clifton, Bris ...

, ''The English clergy and their organisation in the later Middle Ages'' * 1933–34

Lewis Namier Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier (; 27 June 1888 – 19 August 1960) was a British historian of Polish-Jewish background. His best-known works were ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III'' (1929), ''England in the Age of the Ameri ...

, ''King, Cabinet, and Parliament in the Early Years of George III'' * 1934–35 Herbert Edward Salter, ''Medieval Oxford'' * 1935–36

Richard Henry Tawney Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist,Noel W. Thompson. ''Political economy and the Labour Party: the economics of democratic socialism, 1884-2005''. 2nd e ...

* 1936–37 George James Turner * 1937–38

Harold William Vazeille Temperley Harold William Vazeille Temperley, (20 April 1879 – 11 July 1939) was an English historian, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge from 1931, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Overview Temperley was born in Cambridg ...

* 1938–39

Eileen Power Eileen Edna Le Poer Power (9 January 18898 August 1940) was a British economic historian and medievalist. Early life and education Eileen Power was the eldest daughter of a stockbroker and was born at Altrincham, Cheshire (now part of Great ...

, ''The Wool Trade in English Medieval History'' * 1939–40 James A. Williamson, ''The Ocean in English History'' * 1940–41 Robin Ernest William Flower * 1941–42

V. H. Galbraith Vivian Hunter Galbraith (15 December 1889 – 25 November 1976) was an English historian, fellow of the British Academy and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History. Early career Galbraith was born in Sheffield, son of David Galbraith, ...

, ''Studies in the public records'' * 1942–43

Wilhelm Levison Wilhelm Levison (27 May 1876, in Düsseldorf – 17 January 1947, in Durham) was a German medievalist. He was well known as a contributor to ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'', especially for the vitae from the Merovingian era. He also edited Wi ...

, ''England and the Continent in the Eighth Century'' * 1943–44 Admiral Sir

Herbert Richmond Admiral Sir Herbert William Richmond, (15 September 1871 – 15 December 1946) was a prominent Royal Navy officer, described as "perhaps the most brilliant naval officer of his generation." He was also a top naval historian, known as the "Briti ...

, ''Statesmen and Sea Power'' * 1944–45

Austin Lane Poole Austin Lane Poole, FBA (6 December 1889 – 22 February 1963) was a British mediaevalist. Poole came from an academic lineage, being the son of Reginald Lane Poole (archive keeper at the University of Oxford), the nephew of Stanley Lane Poole (p ...

, ''Obligations of Society in the XII and XIII Centuries'' * 1945–46 David Mathew, ''The Social Structure in Caroline England'' * 1946–47 T. F. T. Plucknett, ''Legislation of

Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...

'' * 1947–48 Sir Charles Webster * 1948–49 David Knowles, ''The episcopal colleagues of Archbishop

Thomas Becket Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

'' * 1949–50

Ian Richmond Sir Ian Archibald Richmond, (10 May 1902 – 5 October 1965) was a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the University of Oxford. In addition, he was Director of the British School at Ro ...

1950–1974

* 1950–51

G. N. Clark Sir George Norman Clark, (27 February 1890 – 6 February 1979) was an English historian, academic and British Army officer. He was the Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford from 1931 to 1943 and the Regius Profes ...

, ''King James I and Dutch "Imperialism" in Asia'' * 1951–52

Richard Pares Richard Pares (25 August 1902 – 3 May 1958) was a British historian. He "was considered to be among the outstanding British historians of his time." Family life and education The eldest son of the five children of the historian Bernard Pares ...

, ''

King George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...

and the politicians'' * 1952–53

K. B. McFarlane Kenneth Bruce McFarlane, FBA (18 October 1903 – 16 July 1966) was one of the 20th century's most influential historians of late medieval England. Life McFarlane was born on 18 October 1903, the only child of A. McFarlane, OBE. His father was ...

, ''The Nobility of Later Medieval England'' * 1953–54 Thomas Southcliffe Ashton * 1954–55 C. R. Cheney, ''From Becket to Langton: English church government 1170–1213'' * 1955–56

A. J. P. Taylor Alan John Percivale Taylor (25 March 1906 – 7 September 1990) was a British historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his televis ...

, ''The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792–1939'' * 1956–57

Philip Grierson Philip Grierson, FBA (15 November 1910 – 15 January 2006) was a British historian and numismatist, emeritus professor of numismatics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College for over seventy years. During his long an ...

* 1957–58

Norman Sykes Norman A.J. Sykes (16 October 1936 – 9 December 2009) was a professional association football, footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County F.C., ...

* 1958–59

, ''From Sheldon to Secker: aspects of English church history, 1660–1768'' * 1959–60

G. Kitson Clark George Sidney Roberts Kitson Clark (14 June 1900 – 8 December 1975) was an English historian, specialising in the nineteenth century. Historian George Kitson Clark was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He lived the ...

, ''The making of Victorian England'' * 1960–61 Sir

Goronwy Edwards Sir John Goronwy Edwards (14 May 1891 – 20 June 1976) was a Welsh historian. Early life Edwards, who was proficient in Welsh before he could read English, was educated at Holywell Grammar School before matriculating at Jesus College, Oxfo ...

, ''The second century of the English Parliament'' * 1961–62 Christopher Hill, ''Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution'' * 1962–63

D. C. Douglas D. C. Douglas is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Albert Wesker in the ''Resident Evil'' series, Legion in the ''Mass Effect'' series and Yoshikage Kira in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''. On camera, he has appeared on sh ...

, ''William the Conqueror: the Norman impact upon England'' * 1963–64

Norman Gash Norman Gash (16 January 1912 in Meerut, British Raj – 1 May 2009 in Somerset) was a British historian, best remembered for a two-volume biography of British prime minister Sir Robert Peel. He was professor of modern history at the University ...

, ''Reaction and reconstruction in English politics, 1832–1852'' * 1964–65

Eleanora Carus-Wilson Eleanora Mary Carus-Wilson (1897 – 1 February 1977) was a British economic historian. She is known for her work on rural Medieval textile industries in England. She made significant contributions to the understanding of Medieval technology in ...

, ''The rise of the English woollen industry'' * 1965–66

J. H. Plumb Sir John (Jack) Harold Plumb (20 August 1911 – 21 October 2001) was a British historian, known for his books on British 18th-century history. He wrote over thirty books. Biography Plumb was born in Leicester on 20 August 1911. He was educate ...

''The growth of political stability in England: 1675–1725'' * 1966–67

Beryl Smalley Beryl Smalley (1905–1984) was an English historian best known for her work ''The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages'', originally published in 1941, but revised many times, a book that laid the foundations of modern study of the medieval ...

, ''Intellectuals and Politics in the twelfth century'' * 1967–68

Robert Blake Robert Blake may refer to: Sportspeople * Bob Blake (American football) (1885–1962), American football player * Robbie Blake (born 1976), English footballer * Bob Blake (ice hockey) (1914–2008), American ice hockey player * Rob Blake (born 19 ...

, ''The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill'' * 1968–69 Charles Wilson, ''Queen Elizabeth and the Revolt of the Netherlands'' * 1969–70

J. M. Wallace-Hadrill John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, (29 September 1916 – 3 November 1985) was a senior academic and one of the foremost historians of the early Merovingian period. Wallace-Hadrill was born on 29 September 1916 in Bromsgrove, where his father ...

, ''Early Germanic kingship in England and on the continent'' * 1970–71

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet posi ...

, ''The continental commitment: the dilemma of British defence policy in the era of the two world wars'' * 1971–72

G. R. Elton Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (born Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg; 17 August 1921 – 4 December 1994) was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge, and w ...

, ''Policy and Police: the enforcement of the Reformation in the age of Thomas Cromwell'' * 1972–73

Rodney Hilton Rodney Howard Hilton (17 November 1916 – 7 June 2002) was an English Marxist historian of the late medieval period and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. Biography Hilton was born in Middleton in Lancashire. He studied at Ma ...

, ''The English peasantry in the later Middle Ages'' * 1973–74 John Gallagher, ''The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire''

1975–1999

* 1974–75

Joan Thirsk Irene Joan Thirsk, (''née'' Watkins; 19 June 1922 – 3 October 2013) was a British Economic history, economic and Social history, social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian ...

, ''Economic Policy, Economic Projects and Political Economy, 1540–1700'' * 1975–76

J. P. Kenyon John Philipps Kenyon, FBA (18 June 1927 – 6 January 1996) was an English historian and Fellow of the British Academy. His area of expertise was 17th-century England. Life Kenyon was born in Sheffield where he attended King Edward VII School, ...

, ''Revolution principles: the politics of party, 1689–1720'' * 1976–77

G. W. S. Barrow Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow (28 November 1924 – 14 December 2013) was a Scottish historian and academic. The son of Charles Embleton Barrow and Marjorie née Stuart, Geoffrey Barrow was born on 28 November 1924, at Headingley near Leeds. ...

, ''The

Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to: *Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066 * Anglo-Norman language **Anglo-Norman literature * Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...

era in Scottish history'' * 1977–78

F. S. L. Lyons Francis Stewart Leland Lyons (11 November 1923 – 21 September 1983) was an Irish historian and academic who was Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1974 to 1981. Biography Known as Le among his friends and family, Lyons was born in Derry, ...

, ''Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890–1939'' * 1978–79

Patrick Collinson Patrick "Pat" Collinson, (10 August 1929 – 28 September 2011) was an English historian, known as a writer on the Elizabethan era, particularly Elizabethan Puritanism. He was emeritus Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge ...

, ''The religion of Protestants: the church in English society, 1559–1625'' * 1979–80

Donald A. Bullough Donald Auberon Bullough Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, FSAScot Royal Philatelic Society London, FRPSL (13 June 1928 – 26 June 2002) was a British historian who taught and published on the cultural and political history of Italy, England ...

, ''

Alcuin Alcuin of York (; la, Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; 735 – 19 May 804) – also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin – was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student o ...

: Achievement and Reputation'' * 1980–81

Owen Chadwick William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international,Vatican Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum The Holy See * The Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized ...

during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

'' * 1981–82 J. J. Scarisbrick, ''Religious Attitudes in Reformation England'' * 1982–83

J. O. Prestwich John Oswald Prestwich (26 June 1914 – 25 January 2003), nicknamed "Jop", was a medieval historian and fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. During the Second World War, he worked as a code breaker at Bletchley Park. Life Prestwich was born on 26 ...

, ''The Place of War in English History 1066–1214'' * 1983–84

Ian R. Christie Ian Ralph Christie, (11 May 1919 – 25 November 1998) was a British historian specialising in late 18th-century Britain. He spent most of his academic career at University College London (UCL), from 1948 to 1984. Early life He was born in ...

, ''Stress and stability in late 18th-century Britain: Reflections on the British avoidance of revolution'' * 1984–85

John Habakkuk Sir Hrothgar John Habakkuk (13 May 1915 – 3 November 2002) was a British economic historian. Biography Habakkuk was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Evan and Anne Habakkuk. He was named "Hrothgar" after Hroðgar in ''Beow ...

, ''Marriage, debt, and the estates system: English landownership 1650–1950'' * 1985–86 S. F. C. Milsom, ''Law and Society in the 12th and 13th centuries'' * 1986–87

Keith Robbins Keith Gilbert Robbins (9 April 1940 – 12 September 2019) was a British historian and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter. Professor Robbins was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and Magdalen and St Antony's College, Oxf ...

, ''Nineteenth-century Britain: England, Scotland and Wales: the making of a nation'' * 1987–88

Conrad Russell Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell, (15 April 1937 – 14 October 2004), was a British historian and politician. His parents were the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and his third wife Patricia Russell. He was al ...

, ''The Causes of the English Civil War'' * 1988–89

Barbara Harvey Barbara Fitzgerald Harvey (born 1928) is a British medieval historian. She was the joint winner of the Wolfson History Prize in 1993 for her book ''Living and Dying in England 1100–1540: The Monastic Experience'', which examines the lives o ...

, ''Living and dying in England 1140–1540, the monastic experience'' * 1989–90

Paul Langford Paul Langford FBA FRHistS (20 November 1945, Bridgend – 27 July 2015) was a British historian. From 2000 until late 2012 he was the rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, succeeded by professor Henry Woudhuysen. Educated at Monmouth School and He ...

, ''Public Life and Propertied Englishmen, 1689–1798'' * 1990–91

Lord Briggs Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne, (born 23 December 1954) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He served earlier as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. By Royal Warrant, he bea ...

, ''Culture and Communication in Victorian England'' * 1991–92

David Underdown David Edward Underdown (19 August 1925 – 26 September 2009) was a historian of 17th-century England, English politics and culture and Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Born at Wells, Somerset, Underdown was educated at The Blue School, Well ...

, ''A Freeborn People: politics and the nation in seventeenth-century England'' * 1992–93 P. H. Sawyer, ''Wealth in Anglo-Saxon England'' * 1993–94

F. M. L. Thompson Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson (13 August 1925 – 23 August 2017) was an English economic and social historian. He wrote several books. Early life The son of Francis Longstreth Thompson, he was educated at Bootham School, York; The Qu ...

, ''Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture: Britain 1780–1980'' * 1994–95

Paul Slack Paul Alexander Slack FBA (born 23 January 1943) is a British historian. He is a former principal of Linacre College, Oxford, pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, and professor of early modern social history in the University of Ox ...

, ''From Reformation to improvement: public welfare in early modern England'' * 1995–96

James Campbell James Campbell may refer to: Academics * James Archibald Campbell (1862–1934), founder of Campbell University in North Carolina * James Marshall Campbell (1895–1977), dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Catholic University of Americ ...

, ''Origins of the English state'' * 1996–97 Jose Harris, ''A land of lost content? Visions of civic virtue from Ruskin to Rawls'' * 1997–98 R. R. Davies, ''The first English empire: power and identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343'' * 1998–99 T. C. Smout, ''Use and delight: environmental history in Northern England since 1600'' * 1999–00 Keith Thomas, ''The ends of life: roads to fulfilment in early modern England''

From 2000

* 2000–01

Christopher Dyer Christopher Charles Dyer CBE FBA (born 1944) is Leverhulme Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local History and director of the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester, England. He was appointed Commander of the Order ...

, ''An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages'' * 2001–02 Peter Clarke ''Britain's image in the world in the twentieth century'' * 2002–03

Quentin Skinner Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner (born 26 November 1940) is a British intellectual historian. He is regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including th ...

, ''Freedom, Representation, and Revolution, 1603–51'' * 2003–04

John Maddicott John Robert Lewendon Maddicott, (born 22 July 1943) is an English historian who has published works on the political and social history of England in the 13th and 14th centuries, and has also written a number of leading articles on the Anglo-Sa ...

, ''The Origins of the English Parliament'' * 2004–05

Marianne Elliott Marianne Phoebe Elliott (born 27 December 1966) is a British theatre director and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards and four Tony Awards. Initially ...

, ''Religion and Ireland'' * 2005–06 John Morrill, ''Living with Revolution'' * 2006–07 Robert Bartlett, ''The Learned Culture of Angevin England'' * 2007–08

Ross McKibbin Ross Ian McKibbin, FBA (born January 1942) is an Australian academic historian whose career, spent almost entirely at the University of Oxford, has been devoted to studying the social, political and cultural history of modern Britain, especially f ...

, ''Parties People and the State: Politics in England c.1914–1951'' * 2008–09 John Brewer, ''The Politics of Feeling in the Age of Revolutions, 1760–1830'' * 2009–10 David Bates, ''The Normans and Empire'' * 2010–11

Peter Lake Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

, ''Bad Queen Bess? Libelous Politics and Secret Histories in an Age of Confessional Conflict'' * 2011–12 Roy Foster, ''Making a Revolution in Ireland, c.1890–1916'' * 2012–13 John Blair, ''Building the Anglo-Saxon Landscape'' * 2013–14 Susan Pedersen, ''Internationalism and Empire: British Dilemmas, 1919–1939'' * 2014–15 Steven Gunn, ''The English people at war in the age of Henry VIII'' * 2015–16 Christine Carpenter, ''The Problem of the Fourteenth Century: Politics, State and Society in England 1307–1399'' * 2016–17

Stefan Collini Stefan Collini (born 6 September 1947)COLLINI, Prof. Stefan Anthony
''Who ...

, ''History in English Criticism, 1919–1961'' * 2017–18

Alexandra Walsham Alexandra Marie Walsham (born 4 January 1966) is an English-Australian academic historian. She specialises in early modern Britain and in the impact of the Protestant and Catholic reformations. Since 2010, she has been Professor of Modern Histo ...

, ''The Reformation of the Generations: Age, Ancestry, and Memory in England, 1500–1700'' * 2018–19 Mark Bailey: ''After the Black Death: Society, economy and the law in fourteenth-century England'' * 2019–20:

Margot Finn Margot C. Finn, is a British historian and academic, who specialises in Britain and the British colonial world during the long nineteenth century. She has been Professor of Modern British History at the University College, London (UCL) since 20 ...

, ''Family and Empire: Kinship and British Colonialism in the East India Company Era, c. 1750–1850''. * 2020–21:

Jane Ohlmeyer Jane Ohlmeyer, , is a historian and academic, specialising in early modern Irish and British history. She is the Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History (1762) at Trinity College Dublin and Chair of the Irish Research Council, which funds f ...

, ''Ireland, Empire, and the Early Modern World'' * 2021–22:

Robin Fleming Robin Fleming is a medieval historian, professor of history at Boston College, and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. She has written several books focusing on the people of Roman Britain and early medieval Britain, using both archaeological evidence and ...

, ''Dogsbodies and Dogs' Bodies: A Social and Cultural History of Roman Britain’s Dogs and People'' * 2022–23:

Colin Kidd Colin Craig Kidd (born 5 May 1964) is a historian who specializes in American and Scottish history. He is currently Professor of History at the University of St Andrews, after he served as Professor of Intellectual History and the History of Poli ...

, ''Peculiarities of the English Enlightenment: Ancients, Moderns and Pagan Pasts'' (forthcoming)

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