Philip Payton

Philip John Payton FRSA FRHistS FAHA
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Sussex, England
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Bristol (BA) University of Adelaide (PhD) Britannia Royal Naval College University of Plymouth (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Historian
Institutions	Royal Naval College, Greenwich University of Exeter Flinders University
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1979–2003
Rank	Commander
Unit	HMS Intrepid HMS Fisgard HMS Cochrane HMS Collingwood HMS Ark Royal

Philip John Payton is a British-Australian historian and Emeritus Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies^[1] at the University of Exeter and formerly Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies based at Tremough, just outside Penryn, Cornwall. An Australian citizen, he is Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.