Hugh St Clair Cunningham (born 1942) is a historian and retired academic. A specialist in the history of childhood, nationalism, philanthropy and leisure, he is an emeritus professor of social history at the University of Kent.
Career Born in 1942,The Writers' Directory 2005, vol. 1 (2005), p. 373. Cunningham completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1963.The Academic Who's Who (A. and C. Black, 1973), p. 110. He was then a lecturer at the University of Sierra Leone from 1963 to 1966. He returned to studying, completing a doctorate at the University of Sussex; his DPhil was awarded in 1969 for his thesis "British Public Opinion and the Eastern Question 1877–1878"."British Public Opinion and the Eastern Question 1877–1878", EThOS (British Library). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
In 1969, Cunningham became a lecturer at the University of Kent, where he was promoted to a senior lecturership in 1984 and then to be professor of social history in 1991. He was still on the faculty at the end of the 2001–2002 year,"Our Academic Staff", University of Kent. Archived at the Internet Archive on 15 August 2002. but had retired by March 2004."Staff at the School of History", University of Kent. Archived at the Internet Archive on 7 March 2004. He was appointed an emeritus professor on retirement. In a staff profile, he listed his specialisms as: the "history of childhood; leisure; popular nationalism; British history 1832–1918"."Professor Hugh Cunningham", University of Kent. Archived at the Internet Archive 29 April 2001. More recently, he has studied charity and philanthropy."Hugh Cunningham", University of Kent. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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