About
Freelance academic writer, editor and researcher. Currently working for Oxford English Dictionary on lexicographical sources; for Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as associate research editor and contributor; and on personal writing projects.
Staff roles have included research officer at History of Parliament: The Lords 1660-1715 (January 2014-November 2015) and research editorship at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (October 1999-September 2006). Education
October – July 1997
University of Oxford: St John’s College, Oxford OX1 3JP
DPhil, Modern History, 1998: ‘Royalty and Public in Britain, 1714-1789’, supervised by Professor Paul Langford
BA, Modern History, 1992, II:i
September 1984 – June 1989
Ponteland County High School, Callerton Lane, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9EY
GCE ‘A’ Level, 1989: History ‘A’; English Literature ‘A’; Religious Studies ‘B’; General Studies ‘A’
GCE ‘O’ Level, 1987: History ‘A’, English Language ‘A’; French ‘A’; German ‘A’; Latin ‘A’; Mathematics ‘A’; English Literature ‘B’; Religious Studies ‘C’ Publications
‘The Fell Legacy, ‘1686-1755’
‘The Blackstone Reforms, 1755-1780’
‘The Learned Press: History, Languages, Literature and Music’
in The History of Oxford University Press, volume I: Beginnings to 1780 ed. Ian Gadd (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Two forthcoming subject articles, seventy-seven published subject articles and nine reference group articles in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. H.C.G Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford University Press, 2004); online edition, ed. H.C.G Matthew, Brian Harrison (to 2004), Lawrence Goldman (2004-2014) and David Cannadine (since 2014; Oxford University Press, 2004-)
‘The Scottish Representative Peers’ in The History of Parliament: The Lords 1660-1715, volume I, ed. Ruth Paley (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Co-author of several subject articles in The History of Parliament: The Lords 1660-1715, volumes II-V, ed. Ruth Paley (Cambridge University Press, 2016) Memberships
Royal Historical Society
