Philip Williamson (born 1953) is a British historian. He studied history at

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

, under

Maurice Cowling Maurice John Cowling (6 September 1926 – 24 August 2005) was a British historian and a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Early life Cowling was born in West Norwood, South London, son of Reginald Frederick Cowling (1901–1962), a patent agen ...

, and is considered one of the members of the Peterhouse School. He is emeritus professor of modern British history at the

University of Durham , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills ( Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_cha ...

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at the University of Durham website.

Works

Author

*''National Crisis and National Government. British Politics, the Economy and Empire 1926-1932'' (Cambridge University Press, 1992). *''Stanley Baldwin. Conservative Leadership and National Values'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Editor

*''The Modernisation of Conservative Politics. The Diaries and Letters of William Bridgeman 1904-1935'' (The Historians' Press, 1988). *(with Edward Baldwin), ''Baldwin Papers. A Conservative Statesman 1908-1947'' (Cambridge University Press, 2004). *(with Natalie Mears, Alasdair Raffe & Stephen Taylor), ''National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 1: Special Prayers, Fasts and Thanksgivings in the British Isles, 1533-1688'' (Church of England Record Society, 2013). *(with Alasdair Raffe, Stephen Taylor & Natalie Mears), ''National Prayers: Special Worship since the Reformation. Volume 2: General Fasts, Thanksgivings and Special Prayers in the British Isles, 1689-1870'' (Church of England Record Society, 2017).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williamson, Philip 1953 births Living people Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge British historians Academics of Durham University