Peter Mathias
Peter Mathias | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Mathias 10 January 1928 |
| Died | 1 March 2016 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Master of Downing College, Cambridge, Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford |
| Awards | Commander of the British Empire (CBE), Fellow, The British Academy |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Henry Wilson |
| Academic work | |
| Doctoral students | David Cannadine, Brian Harrison, Heita Kawakatsu, Emperor Naruhito, Edmund Newell, Patrick K. O'Brien, John Cunningham Wood |
| Main interests | Economic history, business history, history of technology, British history |
| Notable works | The 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. 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.