William M. Lamont (1934–2018) was an English historian of Puritanism and early Modern England. He took his degree in history from Queen Mary College. He taught at Hackney Downs School (1959–53), was lecturer in history at the University of Aberdeen (1963–66), and was thereafter at the University of Sussex (1966–99). He wrote monographs on Richard Baxter and the Muggletonians.[1][2][3]