Pugh, Ralph Bernard (1910–1982)

Editor of the Victoria County History from 1949 to 1977, Pugh both expanded and modernised the contents, as well as laying down general guidelines for the production of local histories.

Forenames:

Ralph Bernard

Surname:

Pugh

Institutions:

University of London
Victoria County History

Significant posts:

Professor of English History, University of London
Editor, Victoria County History

Themes:

Local history
Medieval history

Biographies:

Historical Research, 56 (1983)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Obituaries:

Times

Bibliography

• Bibliography from Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

Personal papers

• Archives held amongst VCH records according to ODNB

Significant publications

• R. B. Pugh, How to Write a Parish History (London, 1954)

Other reading

• R. B. Pugh, 'The structure and aims of the Victoria History of the Counties of England', Historical Research, 40 (1967), 65–73
• C. R. J. Currie, 'The Victoria County History', History Today, 49 (1999), 28–30
• R. B. Pugh, 'The Victoria History: its origin and progress', in The Victoria History of the Counties of England: General Introduction, ed. R. B. Pugh (London, 1970), pp. 1–27

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