Sir Keith Thomas

CH, MA, FBA

History

Honorary Fellow since 2015

Sir Keith has been an Honorary Fellow at All Souls since 2015. Prior to that he was a Distinguished Fellow (2001 to 2015), and an Examination Fellow from 1955 to 1957. He has also held positions as Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (from 1986 to 2000) amoungst other roles.

Research Areas

Social and Cultural History of Early Modern England.

Selected Publications

In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England

(London: Yale University Press, 2018)

The Wolfson History Prize 1972-2012: An Informal History

(London: Wolfson Foundation, 2012).

The Ends of Life: Roads to Fulfilment in Early Modern England

(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

Changing Conceptions of National Biography: The Oxford DNB in Historical Perspective

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).

(ed.), The Oxford Book of Work

(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).

Man and the Natural World: Changing Attitudes in England, 1500-1800

(London: Allen Lane, 1983).

Background

Honorary Fellow, All Souls College (from 2015)
Distinguished Fellow, All Souls College (2001-2015)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford (1988-2000)
President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1986-2000)
Professor of Modern History; Reader; Fellow and Tutor, St John's College, Oxford (1957-1986)
Examination Fellow, All Souls College (1955-1957)
Senior Scholar, St Antony's College, Oxford (1955)
Brackenbury Scholar, Balliol College, Oxford (1952-1955)

Membership and Roles

Honorary Vice-President, Royal Historical Society (from 2001)
Chairman, Advisory Council, Warburg Institute (from 2000 to 2008)
Trustee, British Museum (from 1999 to 2008)
Chairman, British Library Advisory Committee for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (from 1997 to 2002)
President, British Academy (from 1993 to 1997)
Member, Academia Europaea (from 1993)
Trustee, National Gallery (from 1991 to 1998)
Member, Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art (from 1989 to 1992)
Member, ESRC (from 1985 to 1990)
Delegate (1980-2000) and Chairman of Finance Committee (1988-2000), Oxford University Press
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Member, Japan Academy
Fellow, Learned Society of Wales
Honorary DLitt: Columbia, Kent, Wales, Hull, Leicester, London, Sussex, Warwick
Honorary LittD: Sheffield, Cambridge
Honorary LLD: Williams, Oglethorpe
Honorary PhD: Uppsala
Honorary Fellow of Balliol, Corpus Christi, and St John’s Colleges, Oxford; University of Cardiff; and Warburg Institute, University of London

Additional Publications

(ed. with Donald Pennington), Puritans and Revolutionaries (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978)
Religion and the Decline of Magic (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971)