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British historian of France

Colin JonesCBE FRHistS FBA FLSW
Born	Colin David Hugh Jones (1947-12-12) 12 December 1947 (age 77)
Nationality	British

Academic background
Education	Hampton Grammar School
Alma mater	Jesus College, Oxford St Antony's College, Oxford
Thesis	Poverty, vagrancy and society in the Montpellier region, 1740-1815 (1978)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Cobb
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	French history
Institutions	Newcastle University University of Exeter University of Warwick Queen Mary University of London

Colin David Hugh Jones CBE FRHistS FBA FLSW (born 12 December 1947) is a British historian of France and emeritus professor of history at Queen Mary University of London.

Jones attended Hampton Grammar School. He then studied at Jesus College, Oxford, 1967–71, where he obtained a first-class honours degree in modern history and modern languages (French) and St Antony's College, Oxford, from where he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1978. His doctoral thesis was supervised by Richard Cobb.

He began working as a temporary lecturer in history at Newcastle University, 1972–73 before moving on to the University of Exeter, where he remained until 1995. He was then appointed professor of history in the history department of the University of Warwick, where he stayed until 2006.

He is known especially for his Paris, Biography of a City, which won the Enid MacLeod Prize of the Franco-British Society as the book published in 2004 which contributed most to Anglo-French understanding.

Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to historical research and higher education. In 2015, Jones was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Main publications

Charity and Bienfaisance: The Treatment of the Poor in the Montpellier Region 1740-1815, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982, xvi + 317 pp.
The Longman Companion to the French Revolution, London: Longman, 1988, xiv + 473 pp.; Paperback edition, 1990
The Charitable Imperative: Hospitals and Nursing in Ancien Régime and Revolutionary France, London: Routledge, November 1989, xiii + 317 pp.
(With John Ardagh), Cultural Atlas of France, New York and Oxford: Facts on File, 1991, 240 pp.; French, German, Dutch, Polish translations
The Cambridge Illustrated History of France, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 352 pp. Paperback edition, 1999; German, Korean, Chinese translations
(With Laurence Brockliss) The Medical World of Early Modern France, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997, xii + 960pp.
The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715-99, London: Penguin, 2002, xxx + 651pp.; US hardback edition published by Columbia University Press, 2003
Madame de Pompadour: Images of a Mistress, London: National Gallery Publications with Yale University Press, 2002), 176 pp. Associated with the international exhibition on the same topic held in Versailles, Munich and at the National Gallery, London, 2002
Paris: Biography of a City, London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 2004, xxviii + 643 pp. US edition, 2005, Penguin/Viking; paperback, 2006; Russian and Chinese translations. Awarded the Enid McLeod Prize of the Franco-British Society as the book published in 2004 which contributed most to Anglo-French understanding.
The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris. Oxford University Press, 2021.

References

Jones, Colin (1983). Charity and Bienfaisance: The Treatment of the Poor in the Montpellier Region 1740-1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xiii. ISBN 0521245931.
"No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b10.
2014 Birthday Honours List page 15
Wales, The Learned Society of. "Colin Jones". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

Colin Jones personal website, Queen Mary, University of London, retrieved 2008-05-20
- Academic Profile, retrieved 2008-05-20
- Publications, retrieved 2008-05-20
- Current Research, retrieved 2008-05-20
Professor Colin Jones profile at Queen Mary, University of London, Department of History, retrieved 2008-05-20
Colin Jones, Penguin UK Authors, retrieved 2008-05-20
Authors represented by literary agent Felicity Bryan, retrieved 2008-05-20

Academic offices
Preceded byMartin Daunton	President of the Royal Historical Society 2008–2012	Succeeded byPeter Mandler

v t e Presidents of the Royal Historical Society
1871–1872 George Grote 1873–1878 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell 1878–1891 Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare 1891–1899 Sir M. E. Grant Duff 1899–1901 Sir Adolphus Ward 1901–1905 Sir George Prothero 1905–1909 William Hunt 1909–1913 William Cunningham 1913–1917 Sir Charles Firth 1917–1921 Sir Charles Oman 1921–1925 Sir John Fortescue 1925–1929 Frederick Tout 1929–1933 Sir Richard Lodge 1933–1937 Sir F. M. Powicke 1937–1945 Sir Frank Stenton 1946–1949 Robert William Seton-Watson 1949–1953 Theodore Plucknett 1953–1957 Hale Bellot 1957–1961 David Knowles 1961–1965 Sir Goronwy Edwards 1965–1969 Robin Humphreys 1969–1973 Sir R. W. Southern 1973–1977 Sir Geoffrey Elton 1977–1981 Sir John Habakkuk 1981–1985 Sir J. C. Holt 1985–1989 Gerald Aylmer 1989–1993 Michael Thompson 1993–1997 Sir Rees Davies 1997–2001 Sir P. J. Marshall 2001–2005 Dame Janet Nelson 2005–2008 Martin Daunton 2009–2012 Colin Jones 2012–2016 Peter Mandler 2016–2020 Margot Finn 2020-present Emma Griffin

Presidents of the Royal Historical Society

1871–1872 George Grote
1873–1878 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
1878–1891 Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
1891–1899 Sir M. E. Grant Duff
1899–1901 Sir Adolphus Ward
1901–1905 Sir George Prothero
1905–1909 William Hunt
1909–1913 William Cunningham
1913–1917 Sir Charles Firth
1917–1921 Sir Charles Oman
1921–1925 Sir John Fortescue
1925–1929 Frederick Tout
1929–1933 Sir Richard Lodge
1933–1937 Sir F. M. Powicke
1937–1945 Sir Frank Stenton
1946–1949 Robert William Seton-Watson
1949–1953 Theodore Plucknett
1953–1957 Hale Bellot
1957–1961 David Knowles
1961–1965 Sir Goronwy Edwards
1965–1969 Robin Humphreys
1969–1973 Sir R. W. Southern
1973–1977 Sir Geoffrey Elton
1977–1981 Sir John Habakkuk
1981–1985 Sir J. C. Holt
1985–1989 Gerald Aylmer
1989–1993 Michael Thompson
1993–1997 Sir Rees Davies
1997–2001 Sir P. J. Marshall
2001–2005 Dame Janet Nelson
2005–2008 Martin Daunton
2009–2012 Colin Jones
2012–2016 Peter Mandler
2016–2020 Margot Finn
2020-present Emma Griffin

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Departments and centres	Bill Douglas Centre Business School Camborne School of Mines Institute of Cornish Studies
Campus	Exeter Science Park Penryn Campus St Luke's Campus Streatham Campus Halls of Residence University Chapel (Holy Trinity) University Chapel (St Luke)
Student life	Exeposé (newspaper) Hockey Club Northcott Theatre Rugby Football Club Xpression FM XTV Bottle Match
Affiliates	eSTAR Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital University of St Mark & St John
Other	Academic dress CSM Association Exoniensis University of Exeter Press
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