Teachers of history numbers
The table below shows the rise in the number of teachers of history in higher education between 1949 and 2008.
| Year | Teachers |
| 1949 | 548 |
| 1961 | 830 |
| 1966 | 1215 |
| 1970 | 1557 |
| 1975 | 1851 |
| 1980 | 1995 |
| 1985 | 1929 |
| 1990 | 2168 |
| 1995 | 2665 |
| 2000 | 2920 |
| 2008 | 2961 |
There is not a complete run of the Teachers of History booklets for the early figures,
so this is not a perfect spread.
