Christopher Duggan | |
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Born | Christopher John Hesketh Duggan 4 November 1957 Petts Wood, Kent, England |
Died | 2 November 2015 Twickenham, London, England | (aged 57)
Title | Professor of Modern Italian History |
Spouse | Jennifer Mundy |
Children | Two |
Academic background | |
Education | Dulwich College Westminster School |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
Thesis | Fascism's campaign against the mafia (1985) |
Doctoral advisor | Denis Mack Smith |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | |
Institutions | Wolfson College, Oxford All Souls College, Oxford University of Reading |
Christopher John Hesketh Duggan (4 November 1957 – 2 November 2015) was a British historian and academic. He specialised in the political, social and cultural history of modern Italy. He began his career as a research fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford and then at All Souls College, Oxford. In 1987, he moved to the University of Reading where he remained until his death. He was Professor of Modern Italian History from 2002.[1][2]