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Professor John Peter Charles Roach (1920 – 2015), was a British historian, Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield.[1][2][3] As an academic, author, editor and historian, he made a significant contribution to the study of the History of Education.[3][4][5] In 1967 he wrote a History of the City and University of Cambridge[6][7] which at the time was considered by some to be the standard history of the University despite its intention to be merely an outline.[8]

Life

John Peter Charles Roach was born in 1920 and educated at Bedford Modern School.[9] After war service in the Indian Army[10] he graduated with first class honours from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[9][11]

Roach became a master at Haileybury for some years[9][12] before returning to Corpus Christi College as a Fellow.[9] He was later appointed Professor of Education in the Institute of Education at the University of Sheffield.[13] His academic work primarily focussed on the history of education and the history of the University of Cambridge.[14]

Roach died in Yorkshire on 11 July 2015.[3]

Selected works

  • The City and University of Cambridge. Published by Oxford University Press, 1959[15]
  • The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. Published by Dawsons of Pall Mall, London, 1967[16]
  • A Bibliography of Modern History. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1968[17][18]
  • Public Examinations in England 1850-1900. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1971[19][20]
  • Social Reform in England, 1780-1880. Published by St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1978[21]
  • A History of Secondary Education in England, 1800-1870. Published by Longman, New York, 1986[22]
  • Secondary Education in England, 1870-1902: Public Activity and Private Enterprise. Published by Routledge, New York City, 1991[23]

References

  1. ^ "The Academic Who's who". google.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Professor John Roach MA, Phd". cam.ac.uk.
  3. ^ a b c University of Sheffield. "John Roach Obituary - School of Education - The University of Sheffield". sheffield.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Roach, John 1920-". worldcat.org.
  5. ^ "A Regional Study of Yorkshire Schools 1500-1820". google.co.uk.
  6. ^ "The city and university of Cambridge". worldcat.org.
  7. ^ "The Archives of the University of Cambridge". google.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Country Life". google.co.uk.
  9. ^ a b c d "Essays to a young teacher". google.co.uk.
  10. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37822/supplement/6165/data.pdf
  11. ^ "Abstracts of Dissertations Approved for the Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt ... - University of Cambridge - Google Books". google.co.uk.
  12. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37997/supplement/2936/data.pdf
  13. ^ "Friedrich Froebel". google.com.
  14. ^ "A Measure of Failure". google.com.
  15. ^ "The city and university of Cambridge". worldcat.org.
  16. ^ "The Victoria history of the county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely". worldcat.org.
  17. ^ "A bibliography of modern history;". worldcat.org.
  18. ^ "Social Science Reference Sources". google.co.uk.
  19. ^ "Public Examinations in England 1850-1900". google.com.
  20. ^ "Public examinations in England, 1850-1900". worldcat.org.
  21. ^ "Social reform in England, 1780-1880". worldcat.org.
  22. ^ "A history of secondary education in England, 1800-1870". worldcat.org.
  23. ^ "Secondary education in England, 1870-1902 : public activity and private enterprise". worldcat.org.