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]

References

  1. ^ "The Academic Who's who". google.co.uk. 1973.
  2. ^ "Professor John Roach MA, Phd". University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b c "John Roach Obituary – School of Education". University of Sheffield. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Roach, John 1920–". worldcat.org.
  5. ^ Roach, John (1998). A Regional Study of Yorkshire Schools 1500–1820. E. Mellen Press. ISBN 9780773482500.
  6. ^ The city and university of Cambridge. OCLC 60431437 – via worldcat.org.
  7. ^ Peek, Heather E.; Hall, Catherine P. (2 January 1963). The Archives of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521059367.
  8. ^ "Country Life". google.co.uk. 1959.
  9. ^ a b c d Howat, Gerald Malcolm David (1966). "Essays to a young teacher". google.co.uk.
  10. ^ Issue 37822 The London Gazette p. 6165
  11. ^ "Abstracts of Dissertations Approved for the PhD, MSc, and M.Litt ... – University of Cambridge – Google Books". google.co.uk. 1955.
  12. ^ Issue 37997 The London Gazette p.2936
  13. ^ Lilley, Irene M. (2 July 1967). Friedrich Froebel. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521050432.
  14. ^ Garrison, Mark J. (10 September 2009). A Measure of Failure. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438427782.
  15. ^ The city and university of Cambridge. OCLC 257231403 – via worldcat.org.
  16. ^ The Victoria history of the county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. OCLC 322525 – via worldcat.org.
  17. ^ A bibliography of modern history;. OCLC 555293 – via worldcat.org.
  18. ^ Li, Tze-Chung; (Zhizhong), Tze-Chung (2000). Social Science Reference Sources. Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 9780313304835.
  19. ^ Roach, John (2 July 1971). Public Examinations in England 1850–1900. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521079310.
  20. ^ Public examinations in England, 1850–1900. OCLC 118494 – via worldcat.org.
  21. ^ Social reform in England, 1780–1880. OCLC 3844851 – via worldcat.org.
  22. ^ A history of secondary education in England, 1800–1870. OCLC 12612030 – via worldcat.org.
  23. ^ Secondary education in England, 1870–1902 : public activity and private enterprise. OCLC 252881458 – via worldcat.org.