About
I am a cultural historian of knowledge, education and ideas. My first book, Generational Conflict and University Reform: Oxford in the Age of Revolution, won the 2014 Kevin Brehony Prize for the best first book in the history of education. My new book, Masculinity and Science in Britain, 1831-1918, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2017.
I am currently working on a study of the influence of classical scholarship and ancient natural philosophy on the emergence of the natural and physical sciences in the first half of the nineteenth century for OUP. I am a member of the Executive Committee of the History of Education Society and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Education
I completed a DPhil in Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford in 2010. Before this, I completed an MPhil in Greek and Roman History (2002-2004) and a BA (Hons.) in Ancient and Modern History (1999-2002) also at Balliol College, Oxford.
In 2012-2013 I completed a PG Cert in Academic Practice at Liverpool Hope University Memberships
History of Education Society UK (member of Executive Committee)
Royal Historical Society (Fellow)
British Educational Research Association (BERA) (History SIG convenor)
Social History Society
Society for the History of Childhood and Youth (SHCY)
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS)
