Peter Mathias#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 298 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Peter Mathias passed away March 1, 2016.
Positions Held
- 1987 - 1995 Master of Downing College, Oxford
- 1968 - 1987 Chichele Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
- 1955 - 1968 Fellow, Tutor, Director of Studies in History, Queen’s College, Cambridge, University Lecturer in History
- 1948 - 1955 Undergraduate and Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Economic history
Honours and Awards
- Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1984 Doctor of Letters, Oxford
- 1987 Doctor of Letters, Cambridge
- 1987 Honorary Fellowship, Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1995 Honorary Fellowship, Downing College, Cambridge
- Honorary Degrees: University of Buckingham (1985), Birmingham (1988), Hull (1992), Warwick (1995), De *Montfort (1995), East Anglia (1999), Kansai, Japan (2006)
- Honorary Doctorate: Russian Academy of Sciences (2003), Keio, Japan (2008)
- 1977 Fellow, The British Academy
- 1982 Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy
- 1988 Foreign Member, royal Belgian Academy
- 1972 Fellow, Royal Historical Society
- 1989 Member, Academia Europaea
- Honorary President, International Economic History Association (President 1974-1978)
- Vice-President, Economic History Society (President 1989-92)
- Business Archives Council (Chairman 1968-72, President 1984-95)
- 1979 - 1989 Honorary Treasurer, British Academy
- 1987 - 1999 Vice-President, International Economic History Institute, ‘Datini’, Prato, Italy
