Paul Langford
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Professor 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. He was a lecturer at the University of Oxford
from 1971 to 1994, being elected a Reader in modern history in 1994 and becoming professor in 1996.
Having served as a member of the Humanities Research Board from 1995, in 1998 he was appointed chairman and chief executive of the newly-established Arts and Humanities Research Board
, "dashing around the country, successfully selling the idea that research in the arts and humanities should be as fully and imaginatively funded as research in the social or natural sciences." He held this post until returning to Oxford to take up the Rectorship of Lincoln College in 2000.
Paul Langford has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
since 1979, a Fellow of the British Academy
since 1993 and was made an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College in 2000. In 2002, the University of Sheffield
awarded him an honorary D.Litt
.
Notable publications include A Polite and Commercial People. England 1727-1783, the first volume to be published in the New Oxford History of England.
Langford married Margaret Edwards in 1970 and has one son, Hugh.
United Kingdom
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historian, currently Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
.
Educated at Monmouth School
Monmouth School
Monmouth School is an HMC boys' boarding and day school in Monmouth, Monmouthshire in south east Wales. It was founded in 1614 by William Jones. It is run as a trust, the William Jones's Schools Foundation, by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Livery Companies...
and Hertford College, Oxford
Hertford College, Oxford
Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is located in Catte Street, directly opposite the main entrance of the original Bodleian Library. As of 2006, the college had a financial endowment of £52m. There are 612 students , plus various visiting...
, he was elected to a Junior Research Fellowship in modern history
Modern history
Modern history, or the modern era, describes the historical timeline after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution...
at Lincoln College in 1969, becoming a tutorial fellow in 1970. He was a lecturer at 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...
from 1971 to 1994, being elected a Reader in modern history in 1994 and becoming professor in 1996.
Having served as a member of the Humanities Research Board from 1995, in 1998 he was appointed chairman and chief executive of the newly-established Arts and Humanities Research Board
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Established in April 2005 as successor to the Arts and Humanities Research Board, the Arts and Humanities Research Council is a British Research Council and non-departmental public body that provides approximately £102 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the...
, "dashing around the country, successfully selling the idea that research in the arts and humanities should be as fully and imaginatively funded as research in the social or natural sciences." He held this post until returning to Oxford to take up the Rectorship of Lincoln College in 2000.
Paul Langford has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
since 1979, a Fellow of the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
since 1993 and was made an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College in 2000. In 2002, the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
awarded him an honorary D.Litt
Doctor of Letters
Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree, often a higher doctorate which is frequently awarded as an honorary degree in recognition of outstanding scholarship or other merits.-Commonwealth:...
.
Notable publications include A Polite and Commercial People. England 1727-1783, the first volume to be published in the New Oxford History of England.
Langford married Margaret Edwards in 1970 and has one son, Hugh.