Philip Waller

Philip Waller
Born
Philip John Waller

1946 (age 77–78)
NationalityBritish
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Historian
Emeritus fellow Merton College
Known for19th-century History

Philip John Waller (born 1946) is an English historian and emeritus fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He is the author of a number of academic texts.

Biography

Philip Waller was born in 1946, and studied history at Magdalen College, Oxford.[1] He enjoyed a long career at Merton College, Oxford, where he was Tutor in Modern History from 1971 to 2008.[2]

He also served as Senior Tutor and Sub-Warden of Merton, and held visiting professorships at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, in 1979 and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, in 1985.[2][1]

Waller is the author of a number of academic texts, including Democracy and Sectarianism: A Political and Social History of Liverpool, 1868–1939, published in 1981, and Town, City, and Nation: England 1850–1914, published by Oxford University Press in 2006.[2]

He has published many essays and articles in a variety of academic journals, magazines and symposia, and in 2003 he served as editor of The English Historical Review.[1][2]

While at Merton, Waller led history reading parties in Cornwall, a tradition begun by his predecessor Roger Highfield in 1953. Even in retirement Waller continued to invite undergraduate historians to visit his home on Bodmin Moor.[3]

Selected publications

  • Democracy and Sectarianism: A Political and Social History of Liverpool, 1868–1939, 1981
  • Politics and Social Change in Modern Britain, Harvester, 1987
  • The Chronology of the Modern World, Helicon, 1994
  • Chronology of the 20th Century, Helicon, 1995
  • The English Urban Landscape, Oxford University Press, March 2000[4]
  • Town, City, and Nation: England 1850–1914, Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870–1918, 15 May 2008
  • A Dictionary of British and Irish History, with Robert Peberdy, 24 September 2020

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "WALLER, P(hilip) J(ohn)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Philip John Waller". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Historians head for Cornwall for annual reading party". Merton Official website. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ The English Urban Landscape at amazon Retrieved 4 August 2020


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