Richard Brown

Richard Brown taught for thirty-four years and was, until he retired in 2006, Head of History and Citizenship at Manshead School, Dunstable, England. He has published widely on nineteenth century history. His Three Rebellions: Canada 1837-1838, South Wales 1839 and Victoria, Australia 1854 was published in 2010 and Famine, Fenians and Freedom 1840-1882 was published in 2011. A broader study called Resistance and Rebellion in the British Empire, 1600-1980 will complete his trilogy on colonial resistance to the British Empire and is due for publication in 2012. Details of the trilogy can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/lookingathistory/ He is also working on five studies of nineteenth century British society and four volumes on narrative and themes in Chartism. He has maintained his interest in medieval history with a new translation of the twelfth-century Life of Louis the Fat.
During his career, he played an active role in developing the learning and
teaching of the subject and was review-editor of Teaching History during the 1980s and joint-editor during the 1990s. His first book was published in 1980, three years after his first article on computing and history. In the intervening years, he has published thirteen books, over 40 articles on history and teaching history, written radio and television programmes and acted as editor for the Cambridge University Press series Perspectives in History and Topics in History and was part of the research team of the Teaching of History Project 1985-1987. Richard manages a very successful blog - The History Zone (http://richardjohnbr.wordpress.com/), which aside from a wide range of sources and material available to the student and researcher for viewing on the site, has an extensive collection of material on Chartism