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The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College , Exeter School of Science , Exeter School of Art , and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838, 1855, 1863, and 1888 respectively.
This is a list of University of Exeter people, including office holders, current and former academics, and alumni of the University of Exeter. In post-nominals, the University of Exeter is abbreviated as Exon. (from the Latin Exoniensis), and is the suffix given to honorary and academic degrees from the university.
Overton completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Exeter, graduating with a degree in economic history and geography.In 1972, he began his doctoral studies in historical geography at the University of Cambridge; the PhD was awarded in 1981 for his thesis "Agricultural change in Norfolk and Suffolk, 1580–1740."
Professor Martin Thomas (born 1964) is a British historian.. Thomas did both his undergraduate and doctoral studies at Oxford University, completing his D.Phil. in 1991.He joined the history department at the University of the West of England, Bristol, in 1992 before leaving to take up a post at the History Department of Exeter University in 2003.
Helen Berry FRSA FRHistS (born 11 December 1969) is a British historian and Professor of British History at the University of Exeter. She specialises in British history in a global context between 1660 and 1800, with particular interests in social, cultural and economic history, the history of gender and sexuality, the family, the rise of the mass media and coffee house culture.
Andrew Thorpe speaking at the Leventis Lectures Alumni event 2013 at the University of Exeter. Andrew Thorpe (born 1962) is a British historian. [1] He is Professor of Modern History and (from 2004 to 2007) was Head of History at the University of Exeter. He went on to be Exeter's Director of Research for Humanities and Social Sciences before ...
Nicholas Orme FSA [1] FRHistS [2] (born 1942) is a British historian specialising in the Middle Ages and Tudor period, focusing on the history of children, and ecclesiastical history, with a particular interest in South West England. Orme is an emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University.
In 1977, he moved to the University of Exeter where he had been appointed Professor of Classics. [3] [7] He was head of the Department of Classics and Ancient History until 1990. [7] He was Whitney J. Oates Fellow at Princeton University in 1988 and 2008. [3] He retired from Exeter in 2001 and made emeritus professor. [7]