Jonathan Mark Lawrence, FRHistS (born 1961) is a British historian. He is Emeritus Professor of Modern British History at the University of Exeter.
Early life and education Born in Bristol in 1961,"Lawrence, Jon, 1961–", British Library. Retrieved 2 June 2021. he attended King's College, Cambridge; after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983, he completed doctoral studies. In 1989, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degreeCambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 458. for his thesis "Party Politics and the People: Continuity and Change in the Political History of Wolverhampton, 1815–1914", which was supervised by Gareth Stedman Jones."Modern Britain and Ireland – Awarded 1980–1989", History Theses 1970–2014: Historical Research for Higher Degrees in the Universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (British History Online). Retrieved 2 June 2021.
Career Lawrence subsequently taught at University College London and the University of Liverpool before he was appointed a university lecturer in modern British history at the University of Cambridge"Dr Jon Lawrence", Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. Archived at the Internet Archive on 18 November 2004. and a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 2004."Emmanuel College", Cambridge University Reporter, vol. 139, special ed., no. 3 (2 October 2008). Retrieved 7 June 2021. He was promoted to a senior lectureship in 2006"Report of the General Board on Senior Academic Promotions", Cambridge University Reporter, vol. 136, no. 27 (17 May 2006). Retrieved 7 June 2021. and to a readership in 2011."Election, Appointments, and Reappointment", Cambridge University Reporter, vol. 141, no. 39 (3 August 2011). Retrieved 7 June 2021. In 2017,"Introducing Jon Lawrence", Living with Machines, 2 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021."2017 Neale Lecture: Jon Lawrence on Culture and Class in Post-War Britain, 16 Nov", University College London, 16 November 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2016. he moved to the University of Exeter to be an associate professor; he was promoted to be Professor of Modern British History in 2019.Compare "Professor Jon Lawrence", University of Exeter, archived at the Internet Archive on 5 August 2019, with "Professor Jon Lawrence", University of Exeter, archived at the Internet Archive on 3 December 2019. He retired to become emeritus in 2024.
As of 2021, he is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society."Fellows – L" (Royal Historical Society). Retrieved 2 June 2021. In 2017, he gave the annual Neale Lecture at University College London on the topic "The Culture Wars of Class in Post-War Britain".
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