Peter Clarke (historian)

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Peter Frederick Clarke, FBA (born 21 July 1942) is an English historian.

Education

Peter Clarke studied at Eastbourne Grammar School and

M.A. and Ph.D. in 1967, and his Litt.D. in 1989.[1]
He is married to the Canadian cultural historian, Maria Tippett.

Career

His 1971 work Lancashire and the New Liberalism challenged

J. L. Hammond.[3]

Clarke's The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924–1936 (1988) was a study of

Clarke was reader in modern history University College London from 1978 to 1980, lecturer in history from 1980 to 1987 at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1980 to 2000, tutor at St John's College from 1982 to 1987, reader in modern history from 1987 to 1991, professor of modern British history from 1991 to 2004.[5]

Clarke was elected a Fellow of the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 1989.[6]

He was master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from October 2000 to 2004.[7] He is a UK citizen and also, since 1998, a Canadian citizen.

Works

References

  1. ^ Who's Who 2013. A & C Black Publishers Ltd; 165th edition (3 Dec 2012).
  2. ^ F. M. Leventhal, 'Reviewed Work: Lancashire and the New Liberalism by P. F. Clark', The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 399, The Nation's Health: Some Issues (Jan., 1972), pp. 199-200.
  3. ^ J. O. Stubbs, 'Reviewed Work: Liberals and Social Democrats. by Peter Clarke', Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 94, No. 4 (Winter, 1979-1980), p. 729.
  4. ^ Susan Howson, 'Reviewed Work: The Keynesian Revolution in the Making 1924-1936 by Peter Clarke', The Economic Journal Vol. 100, No. 399 (Mar., 1990), p. 292.
  5. ^ "Prof Peter Clarke, FBA Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Prof Peter Clarke, FBA Profile". www.debretts.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Fellows of the British Academy. UK Learned Society for Humanities and the social sciences - British Academy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  7. ^ "The Masters". Andrewsenior.com.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Sir John Lyons
Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
2000 to 2005
Succeeded by