The papers of Peter Clarke

The papers cover PFC's childhood and schooling, his time at University, his career, teaching and publications.

B.A. St John's College, 1963. Lectured in modern history at UCL from 1966-80, when he moved to the University of Cambridge, becoming Professor of Modern History from 1991 to 2004. Fellow of St John's from 1980 to 2000. He was elected Master of Trinity Hall in 2000, serving in that role until 2004. He researched and published on twentieth-century political history, and served on the editorial board of several major historical journals.

The arrangement of the papers broadly follows the order in which they were sorted by PFC. The sequence is largely chronological, within themes.

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Given by Peter Clarke in 2022.

B.A. St John's College, 1963. Lectured in modern history at UCL from 1966-80, when he moved to the University of Cambridge, becoming Professor of Modern History from 1991 to 2004. Fellow of St John's from 1980 to 2000. He was elected Master of Trinity Hall in 2000, serving in that role until 2004. He researched and published on twentieth-century political history, and served on the editorial board of several major historical journals.

Preferred citation: St John's College Library, Cambridge, Papers of Peter Clarke.

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