Arthur Burns (historian)
Arthur Burns is professor of modern British history and Vice-Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King's College, London. Burns specialises in the history of English religion since the mid-eighteenth century, and particularly the history of the Church of England. Burns co-founded and co-edits the Boydell and Brewer monograph series Studies in Modern British Religious History. He received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford.[1] He is a fellow and council member of the Royal Historical Society.[2] and is currently its Vice President (Education), overseeing policy on the teaching of History in both schools and universities; he previously served as one of its Literary Directors. He is also honorary Vice-President of the Church of England Record Society, and was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Historical Association in 2015.
Burns was responsible for the development of the Clergy of the Church of England Database.
Selected publications
- The Diocesan Revival in the Church of England, c. 1800-1870. Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780-1850. Cambridge University Press, 2003. (Co-edited with Joanna Innes)
- St Paul’s: The Cathedral Church of London 604-2004. Yale University Press, 2004. (Co-edited with Derek Keene and Andrew Saint; awarded 2004 Berger prize for British Art History)
- "Beyond the “Red Vicar”: Christian Socialism and Community in Thaxted, Essex c. 1910-84", History Workshop Journal (2013)
References
- ↑ Professor Arthur Burns. King's College, London. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ Professor Arthur Burns. Royal Historical Society, Retrieved 21 May 2015.