Simon Alexander Lindsay Gunn (born 1954) is a historian who was Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester from 2006 to 2021.
Simon Alexander Lindsay Gunn (born 1954) is a historian who was Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester from 2006 to 2021.
Gunn completed his doctor of philosophy of degree (PhD) at the University of Manchester in 1992 for a thesis entitled Manchester middle class, 1850–1880. He was a fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, before teaching at the Universities of Manchester, Essex and Leeds Metropolitan, where he was appointed a Reader in History. In 2006, he moved to the University of Leicester as a Professor of Urban History. As of 2017, he is co-editor of the journal Urban History. [1] [2] He retired from his professorship in 2021 and became an emeritus professor at Leicester. [3]
In the past, Gunn's research has focused on the middle classes in modern Britain. More recently, he has focused on urban society in Britain since the 1960s, especially regarding the effect that material structures have on everyday life in British cities. His published works include: [1]
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