Peter Mathias

Peter Mathias
Born
Peter Mathias

(1928-01-10)10 January 1928
Died1 March 2016(2016-03-01) (aged 88)
NationalityBritish
OccupationHistorian
Known forMaster of Downing College, Cambridge, Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
AwardsCommander of the British Empire (CBE), Fellow, The British Academy
Academic background
EducationJesus College, Cambridge
Doctoral advisorCharles Henry Wilson
Academic work
Doctoral studentsDavid Cannadine, Brian Harrison, Heita Kawakatsu, Emperor Naruhito, Edmund Newell, Patrick K. O'Brien, John Cunningham Wood
Main interestsEconomic history, business history, history of technology, British history
Notable worksThe First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 (1969)

Peter Mathias, CBE FRHistS FBA MAE (10 January 1928 – 1 March 2016) was a British economic historian and the former Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford.[1][2] His research focused on the history of industry, business, and technology, both in Britain and Europe. He is most well known for his publication of The First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 (1969), which discussed not only the multiple factors that made industrialisation possible, but also how it was sustained.[3]

Early life and education

Mathias was born in Freshford, Somerset to Jack Mathias (from Plymouth) and Marion (née) Love (from Wingfield).

He attended Colston's School and Bristol Grammar School where he became interested in history.[4] In December 1945, he applied for a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge; instead he won an Exhibition at Jesus College, Cambridge, during summer 1946. However the college demanded that those coming up from school should have done military service before they arrived so he spent two years in the army as a conscript.[5] At Cambridge, his tutor was the medievalist, Vivian Fisher, and the English economic historian, Charles Wilson. Mathias also spent the 1952–3 academic year at Harvard University, participating in the Research Center for Entrepreneurial History.[6]

Academic career

He was elected a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge, when he published his first book on the brewing industry in England. The manuscript described the importance of the technical aspects of brewing and manufacturing to the developing of the industry as a whole. Mathias then went out to complete a textbook on the history of industrialisation in Britain, The First Industrial Nation (1969).

He was fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1955 to 1968, and later an Honorary Fellow from 1987.[7] He was Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. There, he was editor of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe and co-founded of The Journal of European Economic History.[8] He left Oxford to become master of Downing College, Cambridge, from 1987 to 1995.[2]

Outside of research and teaching, Mathias contributed to the academic community with his positions at the Economic History Society (EHS) and the International Economic History Association (IEHA). He joined the former in his final year of undergraduate work at Cambridge. He continued to work for the EHS as Reviews Editor, Assistant Editor (1955–), Treasurer (1968–88), and President (1989–92). Meanwhile, the IEHA emerged from conferences at the University of Stockholm, but expanded in the 1960s. Mathias also became a member of the Datini Institute in Prato, Italy in 1967, under the direction of Fernand Braudel and Federigo Melis.[9]

Later life

After retiring in 1995, he continued on advising and researching. He was the international advisor to Keio University, Japan, and President of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. For this work, he was granted the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold Rays in 2003.[10]

In 1998, Mathias' Festschrift, From Family Firms to Corporate Capitalism: Essays in Business and Industrial History in Honour of Peter Mathias was published by his former students, Kristine Bruland and Patrick O'Brien. Another Festschrift was published in 2018 entitled Asia and the history of the international economy : essays in memory of Peter Mathias, edited by A. J. H. Latham and Heita Kawakatsu. Professor Mathias is also mentioned extensively in The Thames and I, a memoir by the Prince (now Emperor) of Japan Naruhito, since he was the prince's supervisor while Naruhito was at Merton College in Oxford (1983-1985).

Honours

Commonwealth honours

Commonwealth honours
Country Date Appointment Post-nominal letters
 United Kingdom 1984 – 1 March 2016 Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE

Foreign honours

Foreign honours
Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 Japan 3 November 2003 – 1 March 2016 Order of the Rising Sun (Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon)[11]

Scholastic

Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 England 1955 – 1968 Queens' College, Cambridge Fellow
 England 1987–1 March 2016 Queens' College, Cambridge Honorary Fellow[7]
 England 1987 – 1 March 2016 Jesus College, Cambridge Honorary Fellow
 England 1995 – 1 March 2016 Downing College, Cambridge Honorary Fellow
Honorary degrees
Location Date School Degree Gave Commencement Address
 England 1984 University of Oxford Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
 England 1985 University of Buckingham Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)[12]
 England 1987 University of Cambridge Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)
 England 1988 University of Birmingham Doctorate
 England 1992 University of Hull Doctorate
 England 1995 De Montfort University Doctorate
 England 1995 University of Warwick Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.)[13]
 England 1999 University of East Anglia Doctorate
 Russian Federation 2003 Russian Academy of Sciences Doctorate
 Japan 2006 Kansai University Doctorate
 Japan 7 November 2008 Keio University Doctor of Economics[14]

Memberships and Fellowships

Location Date Organisation Position
 England 1968 – 1972 Business Archives Council Chairman
 United Kingdom 1972 – 1 March 2016 Royal Historical Society Fellow (FRHistS)
 Netherlands 1974 – 1978 International Economic History Association President
 Netherlands International Economic History Association Honorary President
 United Kingdom 1977 – 1 March 2016 British Academy Fellow (FBA)
 United Kingdom 1979 – 1989 British Academy Honorary Treasurer
 Denmark 1982 – 1 March 2016 Royal Danish Academy Foreign Member
 England 1984 – 1995 Business Archives Council President
 Italy 1987 – 1999 International Economic History Institute 'Datini' Prato, Italy Vice President
 Belgium 1988 – 1 March 2016 Royal Belgian Academy Foreign Member
 England 1989 – 1 March 2016 Academia Europaea Member (MAE)
 United Kingdom Economic History Society Vice President
 United Kingdom 1989 – 1992 Economic History Society President

Works

  • The Brewing Industry in England 1700-1830. CUP Archive. 1959.
  • The Retailing Revolution: a History of Multiple Retailing in the Food Trades Based upon the Allied Suppliers Group of Companies (1967)
  • The First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 (1969)
  • (edited with A.W.H. Pearsall), Shipping: a survey of historical records (1971)
  • Science and Society 1600–1900 (1972)
  • The Transformation of England (1979)
  • (edited with D. C. Coleman) Enterprise and history: essays in honour of Charles Wilson (1984)
  • (edited with John A. Davis) The First Industrial Revolutions (1990)
  • (edited with John A. Davis) Innovation and technology in Europe : from the eighteenth century to the present day (1991)
  • (edited with John A. Davis) Enterprise and labour: from the eighteenth century to the present (1996)
  • (edited with John A. Davis) International trade and British economic growth : from the eighteenth century to the present day (1996)

Notes

  1. ^ The Times 10 January 2009, Retrieved 2010-01-09
  2. ^ a b Eyeons, Keith. "Death of Dr Peter Mathias". dow.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ Temin, Peter (1969). "Review". The Economic Journal. 79 (316).
  4. ^ "Oxford Professor for 20 years Dr. Peter Mathias". Oxford Mail. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Peter Mathias interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 4th September 2008". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  6. ^ Berg, Maxine. "Peter Mathias" (PDF). British Academy.
  7. ^ a b "Honorary Fellows | Queens' College". queens.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  8. ^ Berg, Maxine. "Peter Mathias" (PDF). British Academy.
  9. ^ Berg, Maxine. "Peter Mathias" (PDF). British Academy.
  10. ^ Archer, Megan (17 March 2016). "OBITUARY: Oxford professor for 20 years Dr Peter Mathias". Oxford Mail.
  11. ^ "Embassy of Japan in the UK".
  12. ^ "Honorary Graduates 1978 – 2000".
  13. ^ "List of all Honorary Graduates and Chancellor's Medallists".
  14. ^ "ニュース：[慶應義塾]".

References

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