Bernard John Porter (born 5 February 1941) is a British historian and academic. He is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at

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. Porter read history at

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. After receiving his BA, MA, and PhD from Corpus, he took a position as a research fellow at his old college before moving to the

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to become a senior lecturer in modern history. Since 1992, he has been an Emeritus Professor at Newcastle. He is perhaps best known for his most recent book, ''Absent-Minded Imperialists'', published in 2004 which sparked a historiographical debate with John Mackenzie on the place of imperialist sentiment within British popular culture.

Bibliography

* ''The Lions Share'' (Longman, 2004) * ''The Refugee Question in Mid-Victorian Politics'' (Cambridge University Press, 1979) * ''Britain, Europe, and the World, 1850-1986'' (Allen and Unwin, 1983) * ''Origins of the Vigilant State'' (Boydell and Brewer, 1987) * '' Britannia's Burden'' (Hodder, 1994) * ''Absent-Minded Imperialists'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)

Personal life

He lives in

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. He is fond of art, architecture, cricket, classical music, and science fiction books. He is a fellow of the

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