J. P. C. Roach

Professor John Peter Charles Roach (1920–2015), was a British historian, Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield.^[1][2][3] As an academic, author, editor and historian, he made a significant contribution to the study of the history of education.^[3][4][5] In 1967 he wrote a History of the City and University of Cambridge^[6][7] which at the time was considered by some to be the standard history of the university despite its intention to be merely an outline.^[8]

Life

John Peter Charles Roach was born in 1920 and educated at Bedford Modern School.^[9] After war service in the Indian Army^[10] he graduated with first class honours from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.^[9][11]

Roach became a master at Haileybury for some years^[9][12] before returning to Corpus Christi College as a Fellow.^[9] He was later appointed Professor of Education in the Institute of Education at the University of Sheffield.^[13] His academic work primarily focussed on the history of education and the history of the University of Cambridge.^[14]

Roach died in Yorkshire on 11 July 2015.^[3]

Selected works

• The City and University of Cambridge. Published by Oxford University Press, 1959^[15]
• The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. Published by Dawsons of Pall Mall, London, 1967^[16]
• A Bibliography of Modern History. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1968^[17][18]
• Public Examinations in England 1850–1900. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1971^[19][20]
• Social Reform in England, 1780–1880. Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1978^[21]
• A History of Secondary Education in England, 1800–1870. Published by Longman, New York, 1986^[22]
• Secondary Education in England, 1870–1902: Public Activity and Private Enterprise. Published by Routledge, New York City, 1991^[23]