Martin Daunton


Martin James Daunton is a British academic and historian. He was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, between 2004 and 2014.
Daunton is the son of Ronald James Daunton and Dorothy née Bellett. He was educated at Barry Grammar School before going to the University of Nottingham where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. He studied further at the University of Kent and received the degree of LittD from the University of Cambridge in 2005.
In 1984, he married Claire Gobbi.
Daunton is a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Select bibliography

  • Daunton, Martin J., Coal Metropolis: Cardiff 1870–1914.
  • Daunton, Martin J. House and home in the Victorian city: working class housing, 1850–1914.
  • Daunton, Martin J. "'Gentlemanly Capitalism' and British Industry 1820–1914." Past & Present 122 : 119–158.
  • Daunton, Martin J. Progress and Poverty: an economic and social history of Britain 1700–1850..
  • Daunton, Martin, and Matthew Hilton, eds. The Politics of Consumption: Material culture and citizenship in Europe and America..
  • Narlikar, Amrita, Martin Daunton, and Robert M. Stern, eds. The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization.
  • Moses, Julia, and Martin J. Daunton. "Editorial – Border Crossings: global dynamics of social policies and problems." Journal of Global History 9#2 : 177–188.
  • Daunton, Martin J. Royal Mail: the Post Office since 1840..
  • Daunton, Martin J. Housing the Workers, 1850–1914: a comparative perspective.
  • Daunton, Martin J. ''The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023''