Stuart Ball | |
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| Born | Stuart Ryan Ball |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Modern History, University of Leicester (emeritus since 2016) |
| Known for | Contributions to modern British political history, especially relating to the Conservative Party. |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2018) Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (since 1990) |
Stuart Ryan Ball, CBE, FRHistS, is a political historian who retired in 2016 as professor of Modern British History at the University of Leicester, having taught there for 37 years; he is now emeritus professor of Modern History there. He specialises in the history of the Conservative Party.
Stuart Ryan Ball[1] left Eltham College in 1974 to study history at the University of St Andrews. In 1979, he was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Leicester, and taught there until his retirement in 2016, by which time he was professor of Modern British History. In 1990, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. As of 2017, he is Historical Consultant to the Conservative Party Archive at the Bodleian Library, sits on the editorial committee of the journal Parliamentary History, and is treasurer of the Parliamentary History Trust.[2][3]
In the 2018 New Year Honours, Ball was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for service to political history.[1] He has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) since 1990.[2]
Ball's research has focused on British politics between the two world wars, with special focus on the Conservative Party. He has also studied the history of parliament in modern Britain. His books include:[2]
