Peter Mathias

Peter Mathias, CBE (10 January 1928 – 1 March 2016) was a British economic historian.^[1] He attended Colston's School and Bristol Grammar School where he became interested in history.^[2] In December 1945, he applied for a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge; instead he won an Exhibition at Jesus College, Cambridge during Summer 1946. However the college demanded that those coming up from school should have done military service before they arrived so he spent two years in the army as a conscript.^[3]

Life

He was Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge from 1955 to 1968, and later an Honorary Fellow from 1987 until his death in 2016.^[4] He was Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and then Master of Downing College, Cambridge from 1987 to 1995.

Works

• The Brewing Industry in England 1700-1830. CUP Archive. 1959. GGKEY:DYD5N29F6JD.
• The first industrial nation (1969)
• The transformation of England (1979)

Notes

1. The Times 10 January 2009, Retrieved 2010-01-09
2. "Oxford Professor for 20 years Dr. Peter Mathias". Oxford Mail. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
3. "Peter Mathias interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 4th September 2008". http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2009-06-09. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/queens/misc/Fellows/1900-99.html

References

• British Academy Fellows Archive

External links

• Interview