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Robert Peberdy
Educated at Loughborough Grammar School, Merton College, Oxford, and Leicester University, Dr Peberdy is a former Assistant Editor of the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire. He contributed to Burford: Buildings and People in a Cotswold Town (2008) and is co-editor (with Philip Waller) of A Dictionary of British and Irish History (2020).
Courses
An intellectually stimulating survey of Oxford’s history, with an emphasis on economic change. Topics will include: urban origins, economic development before the University, the University’s impact, industrialisation and de-industrialisation.