Ian W. Archer

FRHistS 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 ...

is a historian of early modern

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and the Robert Stonehouse Tutorial Fellow in History at

Keble College Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to th ...

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

Career

After graduating from

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham Grammar School for Boys is a boys' grammar school in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. Admissions The school is a fully selective non-fee paying grammar school with admission via an entrance exam. Its previous status as a fo ...

and

Trinity College, Oxford (That which you wish to be secret, tell to nobody) , named_for = The Holy Trinity , established = , sister_college = Churchill College, Cambridge , president = Dame Hilary Boulding , location = Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BH , coordinates ...

, Archer started his academic career in 1986 as a research fellow at

Girton College Girton College is one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1 ...

, the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. In 1989 he moved to

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...

where he was director of studies in history until 1991. After leaving Cambridge he transferred to Keble College, Oxford, where he is sub-warden. From 1999 to 2010 Archer was academic editor of the '' Bibliography of British and Irish History''. He is an honorary vice-president 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 ...

. Alongside Dr Lucy Wooding of Lincoln College, Archer served as joint director of undergraduate studies for Oxford's faculty of history for the 2022–23 academic year.

Philanthropy

He is the chair of the education committee at the London Academy of Excellence Stratford, an Ofsted outstanding Free School.

Publications

*''The Pursuit of Stability: Social Relations in Elizabethan London.'' (Cambridge, 1991) *''The History of the Haberdashers' Company.'' (Chichester, 1991) *"The Nostalgia of John Stow" in ''The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 1576-1649.'' (Cambridge, 1995) *"The Burden of Taxation on Sixteenth-Century London", ''Historical Journal.'' Vol 44(3) (2001) pp. 599–627 *"The Arts and Acts of Memorialization in Early Modern London 1598-1720" in ''Imagining Early Modern London: Perceptions and Portrayals of the City from Stow to Strype.'' (Cambridge, 2001) pp. 89–113 *''Royal Historical Society Bibliography on British and Irish History'' in . (2002) *"Religion, Politics, and Society in Sixteenth-Century England" in ''Camden Society.'' Vol Fifth Series, 22 (Cambridge, 2003) pp. xi +282 *"John Stow, Citizen and Historian" in ''John Stow (1525-1605) and the Making of the English Past: Studies in Early Modern Culture and the History of the Book.'' (London, 2004) pp. 13–26 *''The Haberdashers' Company in the Later Twentieth Century.'' (Chichester, 2004) xiii + 178pp. *"Discourses of History in Elizabethan and Early Stuart London", ''Huntington Library Quarterly.'' Vol 68 Numbers 1 & 2 (2005) pp. 205–26

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External links

Personal Website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Ian 20th-century British historians 21st-century British historians Historians of England Historians of London Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge Fellows of Keble College, Oxford