Martin Daunton
British academic and historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martin James Daunton DLitt LittD FRHistS FBA FLSW (born 14 February 1949) is a British academic and historian. He was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, between 2004 and 2014.[1][2]
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Martin Daunton | |
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Born | (1949-02-07) 7 February 1949 (age 75) |
Nationality | British |
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Claire Gobbi (m. 1984) |
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Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Economic history |
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Daunton is the son of Ronald James Daunton and Dorothy née Bellett. He was educated at Barry Grammar School before going to the University of Nottingham where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. He studied further at the University of Kent (PhD, 1974) and received the degree of LittD from the University of Cambridge in 2005.
In 1984, he married Claire Gobbi.
Daunton is a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[3]