Peter Mathias (born 1928) is a British economic historian. He attended Colston's School and
Bristol Grammar SchoolBristol Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England.It was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries,...
where he became interested in
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. In December 1945, he applied for a scholarship at
King's College, CambridgeKing's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.Founded in 1441, the college's formal name is "The King's College of Our Lady and St. Nicholas in Cambridge". It is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the university.- History :King's was founded in 1441 by...
; instead he won an
Exhibition-United Kingdom & Ireland:At the universities of Dublin, Oxford and Cambridge, and at Westminster School and Winchester College, and various other UK educational establishments, an exhibition is a financial award or grant to an individual student, normally on grounds of merit. The amount is less...
at
Jesus College, CambridgeJesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
during Summer 1946. However the college demanded that those coming up from school should have done
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before they arrived so he spent two years in the
armyAn army An army An army (from Latin armata "armed (things)" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based Military of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
as a conscript.
He was Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge from 1955 to 1968.
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Peter Mathias (born 1928) is a British economic historian. He attended Colston's School and
Bristol Grammar SchoolBristol Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England.It was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries,...
where he became interested in
historyHistory is the study of the human past, with special attention to the written record. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it often attempts to investigate objectively the patterns...
. In December 1945, he applied for a scholarship at
King's College, CambridgeKing's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.Founded in 1441, the college's formal name is "The King's College of Our Lady and St. Nicholas in Cambridge". It is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the university.- History :King's was founded in 1441 by...
; instead he won an
Exhibition-United Kingdom & Ireland:At the universities of Dublin, Oxford and Cambridge, and at Westminster School and Winchester College, and various other UK educational establishments, an exhibition is a financial award or grant to an individual student, normally on grounds of merit. The amount is less...
at
Jesus College, CambridgeJesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
during Summer 1946. However the college demanded that those coming up from school should have done
military serviceMilitary service, in its simplest sense, is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft . Some nations Military service, in its simplest sense, is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether...
before they arrived so he spent two years in the
armyAn army An army An army (from Latin armata "armed (things)" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based Military of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
as a conscript.
Life
He was Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge from 1955 to 1968. He was
Chichele Professor of Economic HistoryThe Chichele chair in Economic History is one of the statutory Chichele Professorships established at All Souls College, Oxford. This chair was originally established in 1931.-Chichele Professors of Economic History:* George Norman Clark, 1931...
at the
University of OxfordThe University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world and is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back...
and Fellow of
All Souls College, OxfordAll Souls College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England....
, and then Master of
Downing College, CambridgeDowning College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
from 1987 to 1995.
Works
- The brewing industry in England, 1700-1830 (1959)
- The first industrial nation (1969)
- The transformation of England (1979)
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