Peter Mathias
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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]
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Born | Peter Mathias (1928-01-10)10 January 1928 |
Died | 1 March 2016(2016-03-01) (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 |
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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) |
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