Barry Coward

Barry Coward (born February 22, 1941 in Rochdale , Lancashire , † March 17, 2011 ) was a British historian . His research focus was on 17th century England .

Life

Coward grew up in Rochdale, where he attended the local grammar school . He later studied at the University of Sheffield , where he met his future wife and did his doctorate with Robin Jeffs . He was then in 1966 Lecturer at the History Department of Birkbeck College of the University of London . Coward spent his further academic career here and was most recently a professor . In 2006 he retired .

From 1999 to 2009 he was President of the Cromwell Association. He was also President of the Historical Association from 2005 to 2008 .

Coward had been married since 1967. The marriage resulted in two sons and a daughter. He died of cancer in March 2011.

Publications (selection)

• The Stuart Age: A History of England, 1603-1714 (1980)
• The Stanleys, Lords Stanley and Earls of Derby 1385-1672: The Origins, Wealth and Power of a Landowning Family (1983)
• Social Change and Continuity in Early Modern England, 1550-1750 (1988)
• Oliver Cromwell (1991)
• The Cromwellian Protectorate (2002)
• (Ed.): A Companion to Stuart Britain (2003)
• with Peter Gaunt (Ed.): English Historical Documents, 1603-60 (2010)

Web links

• Barry Coward obituary , April 11, 2011, The Guardian
• Professor Barry Coward , April 20, 2011, The Daily Telegraph