Philip Waller
Philip Waller | |
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| Born | Philip John Waller 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Emeritus fellow Merton College |
| Known for | 19th-century History |
Philip John Waller (born 1946) is an English historian and emeritus fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He is the author of a number of academic texts.
Biography[edit]
Philip Waller was born in 1946, and studied history at Magdalen College, Oxford.[1] He enjoyed a long career at Merton College, Oxford, where he was Tutor in Modern History from 1971 to 2008.[2]
He also served as Senior Tutor and Sub-Warden of Merton, and held visiting professorships at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, in 1979 and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, in 1985.[2][1]
Waller is the author of a number of academic texts, including Democracy and Sectarianism: A Political and Social History of Liverpool, 1868–1939, published in 1981, and Town, City, and Nation: England 1850–1914, published by Oxford University Press in 2006.[2]
He has published many essays and articles in a variety of academic journals, magazines and symposia, and in 2003 he served as editor of The English Historical Review.[1][2]
While at Merton, Waller led history reading parties in Cornwall, a tradition begun by his predecessor Roger Highfield in 1953. Even in retirement Waller continued to invite undergraduate historians to visit his home on Bodmin Moor.[3]
Selected publications[edit]
- Democracy and Sectarianism: A Political and Social History of Liverpool, 1868–1939, 1981
- Politics and Social Change in Modern Britain, Harvester, 1987
- The Chronology of the Modern World, Helicon, 1994
- Chronology of the 20th Century, Helicon, 1995
- The English Urban Landscape, Oxford University Press, March 2000[4]
- Town, City, and Nation: England 1850–1914, Oxford University Press, 2006
- Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870–1918, 15 May 2008
- A Dictionary of British and Irish History, with Robert Peberdy, 24 September 2020
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "WALLER, P(hilip) J(ohn)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Philip John Waller". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Historians head for Cornwall for annual reading party". Merton Official website. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ The English Urban Landscape at amazon Retrieved 4 August 2020
External links[edit]
- "Philip John Waller – Emeritus Fellow", Merton College, Oxford.
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