Ford Lectures
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The Ford Lectures are a prestigious series of public lectures given annually in English or British History by a distinguished historian. Known commonly as "The Ford Lectures," they are properly titled "Ford's Lectures in British History" and they are given by a scholar elected to be "Ford's Lecturer in British History" for a period of one year at Oxford University. The series, given in Michaelmas
or Hilary
terms consists of at least six lectures, which are usually published as a book.
(Born at Canterbury
, Kent
31 October 1779 - died at Navestock
, Essex, on 31 January 1851), who had been educated at King's School, Canterbury and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford
in 1797. Graduated in 1801, he went on to his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
from 1807 to 1830. His antiquarian collections have been dispersed, but survive in the holdings of the Bodleian Library
, The Library of Trinity College, Oxford
, The British Library
, and the Cambridge University Library
. In his will, Ford left a number of bequests, some of which were held in trust for the support of his surviving siblings. After they had all died, Oxford University received his bequest of £2,000 to fund a professorship of English history, which was to be established when the principal had grown to support payment of £100 per year. When this goal was reached in 1894, the sum was not enough to support a professor at the current stipend. After considerable discussion within the University, the funds were assigned to fund an annual lectureship in English history by a lecturer who was to be chosen annually by a board of electors. The first Ford's Lecturer in English History was S. R. Gardiner, elected for the academic year beginning in 1896. In 1994, the University of Oxford
formally changed the official title of the series from "Ford's Lectures in English History" to "Ford's Lectures in British History".
(As the lectures may be given in either the Michaelmas or Hilary terms (or partly in both), confusion can arise on publication because either calendar year may be stated. The following list gives the academic year.)
Michaelmas term
Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic years of the following British and Irish universities:*University of Cambridge*University of Oxford*University of St...
or Hilary
Hilary term
Hilary Term is the second academic term of Oxford University's academic year. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term...
terms consists of at least six lectures, which are usually published as a book.
History of the lectureship
The lectures are named in honour of their benefactor, James FordJames Ford (antiquary)
James Ford , was an ENglish antiquary.Ford, born at Canterbury on 31 Oct. 1779, was the eldest son of the Rev. James Ford, B.A., minor canon of Durham, and afterwards minor canon of Canterbury. He entered the King's School, Canterbury, in 1788, matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, 8 July 1797,...
(Born at Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
31 October 1779 - died at Navestock
Navestock
Navestock is a civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in south Essex, in the East of England region of the United Kingdom. It is located approximately North West of the town of Brentwood and the M25 motorway cuts through the western edge of the parish. It covers an area of in excess of 1800...
, Essex, on 31 January 1851), who had been educated at King's School, Canterbury and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
in 1797. Graduated in 1801, he went on to his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
from 1807 to 1830. His antiquarian collections have been dispersed, but survive in the holdings of the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
, The Library of Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
, The British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, and the Cambridge University Library
Cambridge University Library
The Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of Cambridge University in England. It comprises five separate libraries:* the University Library main building * the Medical Library...
. In his will, Ford left a number of bequests, some of which were held in trust for the support of his surviving siblings. After they had all died, Oxford University received his bequest of £2,000 to fund a professorship of English history, which was to be established when the principal had grown to support payment of £100 per year. When this goal was reached in 1894, the sum was not enough to support a professor at the current stipend. After considerable discussion within the University, the funds were assigned to fund an annual lectureship in English history by a lecturer who was to be chosen annually by a board of electors. The first Ford's Lecturer in English History was S. R. Gardiner, elected for the academic year beginning in 1896. In 1994, the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
formally changed the official title of the series from "Ford's Lectures in English History" to "Ford's Lectures in British History".
(As the lectures may be given in either the Michaelmas or Hilary terms (or partly in both), confusion can arise on publication because either calendar year may be stated. The following list gives the academic year.)
To 1899
- 1896-97 S. R. Gardiner, Cromwell's Place in History
- 1897-98 Frederic William MaitlandFrederic William MaitlandFrederic William Maitland was an English jurist and historian, generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.-Biography:...
, Township and borough - 1898-99 Adolphus William WardAdolphus William WardSir Adolphus William Ward was an English historian and man of letters.He was born at Hampstead, London, and was educated in Germany and at Peterhouse, Cambridge....
, Great Britain and HanoverHanoverHanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
: some aspects of the personal union - 1899-00 James Hamilton Wylie, The Council of ConstanceCouncil of ConstanceThe Council of Constance is the 15th ecumenical council recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418. The council ended the Three-Popes Controversy, by deposing or accepting the resignation of the remaining Papal claimants and electing Pope Martin V.The Council also condemned and...
to the death of John Hus
1900-1949
- 1900-01 Charles FirthCharles Harding FirthSir Charles Harding Firth was a British historian.Born in Sheffield, he was educated at Clifton College and at Balliol College, Oxford...
, Cromwell's army : a history of the English soldier during the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate - 1901-02 Charles PlummerCharles PlummerCharles Plummer was an English historian, best known for editing Sir John Fortescue's The Governance of England, and for coining the term 'bastard feudalism'....
, The life and times of Alfred the GreatAlfred the GreatAlfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English monarch still to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself... - 1902-03 Julian CorbettJulian CorbettSir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navy's reforms of that era...
, England in the Mediterranean - 1903-04 Leslie StephenLeslie StephenSir Leslie Stephen, KCB was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.-Life:...
, English literature and society in the 18th century - 1904-05
- 1905-06 Arthur L. Smith, The Church and State in the Middle Ages
- 1906-07 Francis Haverfield, The Roman Occupation of Britain
- 1907-08
- 1908-09 Arthur Johnson, The Disappearance of the Small Landowner
- 1909-10 George EdmundsonGeorge EdmundsonGeorge Edmundson was a clergyman of the Church of England and academic historian of the University of Oxford. He took up benefices in Northolt and Chelsea and in retirement lived in the south of France.-Early life:...
, Anglo-Dutch rivalry during the first half of the 17th century - 1910-11 John William Fortescue, British Statesmen of the Great War, 1793–1814
- 1911-12 Reginald L. Poole, The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century
- 1912-13 T.F. Tout, The place of the reign of Edward IIEdward II of EnglandEdward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
in English history - 1913-14 Peter Hume BrownPeter Hume BrownPeter Hume Brown was a Scottish historian and professor who played an important part in establishing Scottish history as a significant academic discipline...
, The legislative union of England and Scotland - 1914-15
- 1915-16
- 1916-17 A. G. Little, Studies in English Franciscan History
- 1917-18
- 1918-19
- 1919-20
- 1920-21
- 1921-22 Sir Richard LodgeRichard LodgeSir Richard Lodge was a British historian.He was born at Penkhull, Staffordshire, the fourth of eight sons and a daughter of Oliver Lodge – later a china clay merchant at Wolstanton, Staffordshire - and his wife, Grace...
, Great Britain and PrussiaPrussiaPrussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
in the 18th century - 1922-23 J. Armitage Robinson, The times of Saint Dunstan
- 1923-24 C. L. Kingsford, Prejudice and promise in 15th century England
- 1924-25
- 1925-26 H. W. Carless Davis, The age of Grey and Peel
- 1926-27 F. M. PowickeF. M. PowickeSir Frederick Maurice Powicke was an English medieval historian. He was a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, delivered the Ford Lectures in 1927, and from 1929 was Regius Professor of History at Oxford. He was knighted in 1946....
, Stephen LangtonStephen LangtonStephen Langton was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1207 and his death in 1228 and was a central figure in the dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III, which ultimately led to the issuing of Magna Carta in 1215... - 1927-28
- 1928-29 F. M. Stenton, The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066–1166
- 1929-30 Alfred Francis Pribram, England and the International Policy of the European Great Powers, 1871–1914
- 1930-31 Keith FeilingKeith FeilingSir Keith Grahame Feiling was Chichele Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, 1946–1950. He was noted for his conservative interpretation of the past, showing an empire-oriented ideology in defence of hierarchical authority, paternalism, deference, the monarchy, Church, family,...
- 1931-32
- 1932-33 A. Hamilton Thompson, The English clergy and their organization in the later Middle Ages
- 1933-34 Lewis Namier, King, Cabinet, and Parliament in the Early Years of George III
- 1934-35
- 1935-36
- 1936-37
- 1937-38
- 1938-39 Eileen PowerEileen PowerEileen Edna LePoer Power was an important British economic historian and medievalist. Eileen Power was the eldest daughter of a stockbroker and was born at Altrincham in 1889. She was a sister of Rhoda Power, the children's writer and broadcaster...
, The Wool Trade in English Medieval History - 1939-40 James A. WilliamsonJames Williamson (historian)James Alexander Williamson was a prominent English writer on maritime history and expert on the John Cabot voyages. He also wrote many other books on explorers, exploration and discovery...
, The Ocean in English History - 1940-41
- 1941-42 V. H. Galbraith, Studies in the public records
- 1942-43 Wilhelm LevisonWilhelm LevisonWilhelm Levison was a German medievalist. He was well known as a contributor to Monumenta Germaniae Historica, especially for the vitae from the Merovingian era. He also edited Wilhelm Wattenbach's Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter...
, England and the Continent in the Eighth Century - 1943-44 Admiral Sir Herbert RichmondHerbert RichmondAdmiral Sir Herbert William Richmond KCB was a prominent naval officer, who also served as Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at Cambridge University and Master of Downing College, Cambridge...
, Statesmen and Sea Power - 1944-45 Austin Lane PooleAustin Lane PooleAustin Lane Poole was a British mediaevalist.Poole came from an academic lineage, being the son of Reginald Lane Poole , the nephew of Stanley Lane Poole , and the grandson of Reginald Stuart Poole .Austin Poole...
, Obligations of Society in the XII and XIII Centuries - 1945-46 David Matthew, The Social Structure in Caroline England
- 1946-47 T. F. L. Plucknett, Legislation of Edward IEdward I of EnglandEdward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...
- 1947-48 Sir Charles Webster
- 1948-49 David Knowles, The episcopal colleagues of Archbishop Thomas BecketThomas BecketThomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...
- 1949-50
1950-1999
- 1950-51 G. N. Clark, King James I and Dutch "Imperialism" in Asia
- 1951-52 Richard Pares, King George III and the politicians
- 1952-53 K. B. McFarlaneK. B. McFarlaneKenneth Bruce McFarlane was one of the 20th century's most influential historians of late medieval England. He was born on 18 October 1903 and was the only child of A. McFarlane, OBE. His father was a civil servant in the Admiralty and the young McFarlane's childhood was an unhappy one. This may...
, The Nobility of Later Medieval England - 1953-54
- 1954-55 C.R. Cheney, From Becket to Langton : English church government 1170 - 1213
- 1955-56 A. J. P. TaylorA. J. P. TaylorAlan John Percivale Taylor, FBA was a British historian of the 20th century and renowned academic who became well known to millions through his popular television lectures.-Early life:...
, The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792–1939 - 1956-57 Philip GriersonPhilip GriersonPhilip Grierson, FBA was a British historian and numismatist, emeritus professor of numismatics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College for over seventy years...
- 1957-58
- 1958-59 Norman SykesNorman SykesNorman A.J. Sykes was a professional footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County, and Doncaster Rovers between 1953 and 1967....
, From Sheldon to Secker : aspects of English church history, 1660–1768 - 1959-60 G. Kitson Clark, The making of Victorian England
- 1960-61 Sir Goronwy EdwardsGoronwy EdwardsSir Goronwy Edwards F.B.A. was a Welsh historian. After 29 years as a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, he spent 12 years as Director of the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of History at the University of London....
, The second century of the English Parliament - 1961-62 Christopher HillChristopher Hill (historian)John Edward Christopher Hill , usually known simply as Christopher Hill, was an English Marxist historian and author of textbooks....
, Intellectual Origins Of The English Revolution - 1962-63 D. C. DouglasD. C. DouglasD.C. Douglas is an American character actor, voice actor, and director now living in Los Angeles. Douglas was born in Berkeley, California. His father was a salesman, and his mother was an artist and writer. His grandparents were vaudeville performers...
, William the Conqueror: the Norman impact upon England - 1963-64 Norman GashNorman GashNorman Gash CBE was a British historian, notable for a two volume biography of British Prime Minister Sir Sir Robert Peel....
, Reaction and reconstruction in English politics, 1832–1852 - 1964-65 E. M. Carus Wilson, The rise of the English woollen industry
- 1965-66 J.H. Plumb The growth of political stability in England: 1675-1725
- 1966-67 Beryl SmalleyBeryl SmalleyBeryl Smalley was a British historian, best known for her work, The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages, originally published around 1940, but revised many times....
, Intellectuals and Politics in the twelfth century - 1967-68 Robert BlakeRobert Blake, Baron BlakeRobert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake was an English historian. He is best known for his 1966 biography of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, and for The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill, which grew out of his 1968 Ford lectures...
, The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill - 1968-69 Charles Wilson, Queen Elizabeth and the Revolt of the Netherlands
- 1969-70 J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, Early Germanic kingship in England and on the continent
- 1970-71 Michael HowardMichael Howard (historian)Sir Michael Eliot Howard, OM, CH, CBE, MC, FBA is a British military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, and Robert A...
, The continental commitment: the dilemma of British defence policy in the era of the two world wars - 1971-72 G. R. Elton, Policy and Police: the enforcement of the Reformation in the age of Thomas Cromwell
- 1972-73 Rodney HiltonRodney HiltonRodney Howard Hilton, , was an English Marxist historian of the late medieval period and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. He was born in Manchester and studied at Balliol College Oxford University and was a member of the Communist Party Historians Group before leaving the party in 1956...
, The English peasantry in the later Middle Ages - 1973-74 John GallagherJohn Andrew GallagherJohn "Jack" Andrew Gallagher, FBA was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1963 and 1970 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and from 1971 until his death was the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the...
, The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire - 1974-75 Joan ThirskJoan ThirskIrene Joan Watkins Thirsk, MA , PhD, FBA, FRHistS is a British economic and social historian, specialized in the History of agriculture. She is one of the leading economic and social historians of the 20th century, having greatly influenced the methodology and direction of research...
, Economic Policy, Economic Projects and Political Economy, 1540–1700 - 1975-76 J. P. Kenyon, Revolution principles : the politics of party, 1689-1720
- 1976-77 G. W. S. BarrowG. W. S. BarrowGeoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow DLitt FBA FRSE is a British historian and academic. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Edinburgh, and arguably the most prominent Scottish medievalist of the last century....
, The Anglo-NormanAnglo-NormanThe Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
era in Scottish history - 1977-78 F. S. L. LyonsF. S. L. LyonsFrancis Stewart Leland Lyons was one of Ireland's premier historians.-Biography:Lyons was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1923, but soon moved to Boyle in County Roscommon where his father was a bank official...
, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890–1939 - 1978-79 Patrick CollinsonPatrick CollinsonPatrick Collinson CBE was an English historian, known as an authority on the Elizabethan era. His most influential work has been about Elizabethan Puritanism. He was Emeritus Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, having occupied the chair from 1988 to 1996...
, The religion of Protestants : the church in English society, 1559–1625 - 1979-80 Donald A. BulloughDonald A. BulloughDonald Auberon Bullough was a British historian who taught and published on the cultural and political history of Italy, England and Carolingian France during the early Middle Ages. He was the brother of mathematician Robin Bullough...
, AlcuinAlcuinAlcuin of York or Ealhwine, nicknamed Albinus or Flaccus was an English scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Archbishop Ecgbert at York...
: Achievement and Reputation - 1980-81 Owen ChadwickOwen ChadwickWilliam Owen Chadwick, OM, KBE, FBA, FRSE is a British professor, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. He was also a rugby union player.-Early life and education:Chadwick was born in Bromley in 1916...
, Britain and the VaticanHoly SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
during the Second World War - 1981-82 J. J. Scarisbrick, Religious Attitudes in Reformation England
- 1982-83 J. O. Prestwich, The Place of War in English History 1066–1214
- 1983-84 Ian R. Christie, Stress and stability in late 18th-century Britain: reflections on the British avoidance of revolution
- 1984-85 John HabakkukJohn HabakkukSir John Habakkuk was a British economic historian.-Biography:Habakkuk was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Evan and Anne Habakkuk. He was named "Hrothgar" after Hroðgar in Beowulf, which his father was reading at the time of his birth...
, Marriage, debt, and the estates system : English landownership 1650-1950 - 1985-86 S. F. C. Milsom, Law and Society in the 12th and 13th centuries
- 1986-87 Keith RobbinsKeith RobbinsProfessor Keith Gilbert Robbins DLitt FRSE FRHistS FLSW is a historian and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter. Robbins was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and Magdalen and St Antony’s Colleges, Oxford....
, Nineteenth-century Britain : England, Scotland and Wales : the making of a nation - 1987-88 Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War
- 1988-89 Barbara Harvey, Living and dying in England 1140-1540, the monastic experience
- 1989-90 Paul LangfordPaul LangfordProfessor Paul Langford is a British historian, currently Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.Educated at Monmouth School and Hertford College, Oxford, he was elected to a Junior Research Fellowship in modern history at Lincoln College in 1969, becoming a tutorial fellow in 1970...
, Public Life and Propertied Englishmen, 1689–1798 - 1990-91 Lord Briggs, Culture and Communication in Victorian England
- 1991-92 David UnderdownDavid UnderdownDavid E. Underdown was a historian of 17th-century English politics and culture and Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Born at Wells, Somerset, Underdown was educated at the Blue School and Exeter College, Oxford...
, A Freeborn People : politics and the nation in seventeenth-century England - 1992-93 P. H. SawyerPeter Hayes SawyerPeter Hayes Sawyer is a British historian of Medieval England who is known for his annotated catalogue of Anglo-Saxon charters...
, Wealth in Anglo-Saxon England - 1993-94 F. M. L. Thompson, Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture: Britain 1780-1980
- 1994-95 Paul SlackPaul SlackPaul Alexander Slack FBA is a British historian. He is a former Principal of Linacre College, Oxford, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Professor of Early Modern Social History in the University of Oxford.-Life:...
, From Reformation to improvement : public welfare in early modern England - 1995-96 James Campbell, Origins of the English state
- 1996-97 Jose Harris, A land of lost content? Visions of civic virtue from Ruskin to Rawls
- 1997-98 R. R. Davies, The first English empire: power and identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343
- 1998-99 T. C. Smout, Use and delight: environmental history in Northern England since 1600
- 1999-00 Keith ThomasKeith Thomas (historian)Sir Keith Vivian Thomas is a Welsh historian, best known as the author of Religion and the Decline of Magic and Man and the Natural World.-Biography:...
, The ends of life: roads to fulfilment in early modern England
From 2000
- 2000-01 Christopher DyerChristopher DyerChristopher Charles Dyer CBE FBA is Leverhulme Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local History and director of the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester, England.-Background:...
, An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages - 2001-02 Peter Clarke Britain’s image in the world in the twentieth century
- 2002-03 Quentin SkinnerQuentin SkinnerQuentin Robert Duthie Skinner is the Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London.-Biography:...
, Freedom, Representation, and Revolution, 1603–51 - 2003-04 John MaddicottJohn MaddicottDr John Maddicott has published works on the political and social history of England in the 13th and 14th centuries, and has also written a number of leading articles on the Anglo-Saxon economy, his second area of interest. Born in Exeter, Devon, he was educated at Worcester College, Oxford...
, The Origins of the English Parliament - 2004-05 Marianne ElliottMarianne ElliottFor the theatre director, see Marianne Elliott .Marianne Elliott is an Irish historian....
, Religion and Ireland - 2005-06 John MorrillJohn Morrill (historian)John Morrill FBA is a British historian. He specialises in the political, religious, social and cultural histories of early-modern Britain....
, Living with Revolution - 2006-07 Robert BartlettRobert Bartlett (historian)Robert Bartlett FRHistS, FBA, FRSE, FSA is a historian and medievalist. Bartlett is English, though his academic interests cover the whole of Europe....
, The Learned Culture of Angevin England - 2007-08 Ross McKibbin, Parties People and the State: Politics in England c.1914-1951
- 2008-09 John Brewer, The Politics of Feeling in the Age of Revolutions, 1760-1830
- 2009-10 David BatesDavid Bates (historian)Professor David Bates is a British historian.He was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow from 1994 until 2003. He then took up the post of director of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London between 2003 and 2008, and now holds a chair in Medieval...
, The Normans and Empire - 2010-11 Peter Lake, Bad Queen Bess? Libelous Politics and Secret Histories in an Age of Confessional Conflict
- 2011-12 Roy FosterR. F. Foster (historian)Robert Fitzroy Foster FBA FRHistS FRSL - generally known as Roy Foster - is the Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford in the UK.-Background and education:...
External links and references
- Current Regulations for the Lectureship: Oxford University Statutes on Ford's Lectures
- W. W. Wroth, 'Ford, James (1779–1850), revised by M.C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).