Martin James Daunton (born 14 February 1949) is a British

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and

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. He was Master of

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, between 2004 and 2014. Daunton is the son of Ronald James Daunton and Dorothy ''née'' Bellett. He was educated at

Barry Grammar School Barry Comprehensive School ( cy, Ysgol Gyfun y Barri) was a secondary school for boys aged 11–16, situated opposite Highlight Park in the town of Barry, in Wales. Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School was the partner girls' school that also provide ...

before going to the

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where he graduated with a

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degree in 1970. He studied further at the

University of Kent , motto_lang = , mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...

( PhD, 1974) and received the degree of

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from the

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in 2005. In 1984, he married Claire Gobbi.

Select bibliography

* Daunton, Martin J., ed. ''Coal Metropolis: Cardiff 1870–1914'' (Leicester University, 1977). * Daunton, Martin J. ''House and home in the Victorian city: working class housing, 1850–1914'' (London: Edward Arnold, 1983). * Daunton, Martin J. "'Gentlemanly Capitalism' and British Industry 1820–1914." ''Past & Present'' 122 (1989): 119–158
in JSTOR
* Daunton, Martin J. ''Progress and Poverty: an economic and social history of Britain 1700–1850.'' (Oxford UP, 1995). * Daunton, Martin, and Matthew Hilton, eds. ''The Politics of Consumption: Material culture and citizenship in Europe and America.'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001). * Narlikar, Amrita, Martin Daunton, and Robert M. Stern, eds. ''The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization'' (Oxford University Press, 2012). * Moses, Julia, and Martin J. Daunton. "Editorial – Border Crossings: global dynamics of social policies and problems." ''Journal of Global History'' 9#2 (2014): 177–188. * Daunton, Martin J. ''Royal Mail: the Post Office since 1840.'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015). * Daunton, Martin J. ''Housing the Workers, 1850–1914: a comparative perspective'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015).

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