Jeffrey Richards (born c.1945)
[Chris Arno]
"Fast Forward: Jeffrey Richards"
''The Guardian'', 11 January 2005 is a British historian.
Educated at
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes ...
, he is Professor of
Cultural History
Cultural history combines the approaches of anthropology and history to examine popular cultural traditions and cultural interpretations of historical experience. It examines the records and narrative descriptions of past matter, encompassing t ...
at
Lancaster University
, mottoeng = Truth lies open to all
, established =
, endowment = £13.9 million
, budget = £317.9 million
, type = Public
, city = Bailrigg, City of Lancaster
, country = England
, coor =
, campus = Bailrigg
, faculty ...
. A leading cultural historian and film critic, he is the author of over 15 books on British cultural history. His books include ''The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages 476–752'' (1979), and ''Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World'' (2005). He is also a Companion of the
Guild of St George
The Guild of St George is a charitable Education Trust, based in England but with a worldwide membership, which tries to uphold the values and put into practice the ideas of its founder, John Ruskin (1819–1900).
History
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References
External links
Jeffrey Richards' homepage
1940s births
Living people
Academics of Lancaster University
Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
British historians
Guild of St George
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