Professor Paul Langford (born November 20, 1945) is a British historian and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... College name Lincoln College Named after Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln Established 1427 Sister College Downing College Rector Prof. ...

Educated at Monmouth School and Hertford College, Oxford, he was elected to a Junior Research Fellowship in modern history at Lincoln College in 1969, becoming a tutorial fellow in 1970. He was a university lecturer from 1971 to 1994, being elected a Reader in moder history in 1994 and a professor of modern history in 1996. Monmouth School is a public school for boys in Monmouth, South Wales. ... College name Hertford College Named after Elias de Hertford Established 1282 Sister College None Principal Dr John Landers JCR President Stephanie Johnston Undergraduates 376 Graduates 224 Homepage Boatclub Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The terms Modern World, Modern Period, New World, Modern Times, Progressive Age, Modern Age, or Modern Era are recognized by historians as being that period of time commencing after the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, after the mid-18th century. ...

Having served as a member of the Humanities Research Board from 1995, he was appointed chairman and chief executive of the new Arts and Humanities Research Board in 1998, a post he held until 2000, when he returned to Oxford to take up the Rectorship of Lincoln College. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research in the arts and humanities, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. ...

He has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 1979, a fellow of the British Academy since 1993 and was made an honorary fellow of Hertford College in 2000. In 2002, the University of Sheffield awarded him an honorary D.Litt.. The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. ... The British Academy is the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. ... The University of Sheffield is a leading university, located in Sheffield, UK. // History The University of Sheffield was originally formed by the merger of three colleges. ... A Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree. ...

Notable publications include A Polite and Commercial People (OUP). Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. ...

Langford married Margaret Edwards in 1970 and has one son, Hugh.

External links

• Lincoln College home page