Dr. Simon Skinner

Biography

Simon Skinner is an Associate Professor of History at Balliol College, University of Oxford. His research primarily focuses on nineteenth-century British political and religious history, with a particular emphasis on Robert Peel and the implications of the Maynooth Grant controversy. He has published a significant work on the political and social thought of the Tractarians, which was released by Oxford University Press in 2004. In addition to his book, he has contributed numerous entries related to clergymen, writers, and motorcycle racers for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Skinner is also involved in broadcasting, discussing topics such as the reign of Queen Victoria and the world of speedway racing. He supervises a variety of research topics, including evangelicalism, anti-Peelite Conservatism, and the Eastern Question, and he convenes the Modern British History graduate seminar.

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