Hoskins, Professor William George (1908–1992)
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Hoskins played a leading role in establishing the previously marginalised discipline of local history as an academic subject, both through his writings and work as the first head of the Department for English Local History at Leicester.
- Forenames:
- William George
- Surname:
- Hoskins
- Title:
- Professor
- Honours:
- CBE
- Dates:
- 1908–1992
- Institutions:
- Department (latterly Centre) for English Local History, University of Leicester
- Significant posts:
- Head of Department, Department (latterly Centre) for English Local History, University of Leicester
- Contemporaries:
- Bagenal, Hope
Beresford, Maurice
Finberg, H. P. R.
- Influenced:
- Thirsk, Joan
- Themes:
-
Landscape history
Local history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians (under local history)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- W. G. Hoskins, The Making of the English Landscape (London, 1955)
- W. G. Hoskins, The Midland Peasant (1957)
Other reading
- John Beckett, 'What future for the past in local history?', East Midland Historian, 4 (1994), 5–15
- Sarah Speight, 'Localising history 1940–1965: the extra-mural contribution', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 35, 1 (2003), 51–64
- Anthony Fletcher, "englandpast.net": a framework for the social history of England', Historical Research, 75 (2002), 296–315
- John Beckett, 'Local history, family history and the Victoria County History: new directions for the twenty-first century', Historical Research, OnlineEarly Articles, online 19th July 2007
