Peter Mathias | |
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| Born | Peter Mathias 10 January 1928 |
| Died | 1 March 2016 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Master of Downing College, Cambridge, Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford |
| Awards | Commander of the British Empire (CBE), Fellow, The British Academy |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Henry Wilson |
| Academic work | |
| Doctoral students | David Cannadine, Brian Harrison, Heita Kawakatsu, Emperor Naruhito, Edmund Newell, Patrick K. O'Brien, John Cunningham Wood |
| Main interests | Economic history, business history, history of technology, British history |
| Notable works | The First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 (1969) |
Peter Mathias, CBE FRHistS FBA MAE (10 January 1928 – 1 March 2016) was a British economic historian and the former Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford.[1][2] His research focused on the history of industry, business, and technology, both in Britain and Europe. He is most well known for his publication of The First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 (1969), which discussed not only the multiple factors that made industrialisation possible, but also how it was sustained.[3]
- ^ The Times 10 January 2009, Retrieved 2010-01-09
- ^ Eyeons, Keith. "Death of Dr Peter Mathias". dow.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ Temin, Peter (1969). "Review". The Economic Journal. 79 (316).