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Richard CarwardineCMG
Professor Carwardine in July 2010
Born	Richard John Carwardine (1947-01-12) 12 January 1947 (age 77) Cardiff, Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Author, historian
Academic background
Education	Monmouth School
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford Queen's College, Oxford UCAL, Berkeley
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Politics of the United States Religion in the United States American Civil War Abraham Lincoln
Institutions	University of Sheffield University of Oxford

Richard John Carwardine CMG FBA FRHistS FLSW (born 12 January 1947) is a Welsh historian and academic. He specialises in American politics and religion in the era of the American Civil War.

The professor is best known for his work on President Abraham Lincoln and was President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 2010 to 2016.

Early life

Born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of John Francis Carwardine and Beryl Jones, he attended Maesycwmmer Primary School and Monmouth School, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, as William Jones Exhibitioner, graduating BA in modern history 1968 (MA 1972). He pursued further studies in history at The Queen's College, Oxford, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in 1975. Carwardine then went to the University of California, Berkeley, as the Ochs-Oakes Senior Scholar in American History and Institutions.

While a student at Oxford, Carwardine played the role of Cornelius in the film Doctor Faustus (1967) with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

Academic career

Carwardine taught American history at the University of Sheffield (1971–2002), where he also served as dean of the Faculty of Arts. He was a Rhodes Professor of American History & Institutions at Oxford University and a fellow of St Catherine's College from 2002 to 2009. Elected President of Corpus Christi College, he took office in January 2010, becoming a pro vice-chancellor of Oxford University.

Honours, fellowships and prizes

• Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1983)
• Fellow of the British Academy (2006)

• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (2019)
• Carwardine was inducted into The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honour) by the Governor of Illinois in 2009 as a Bicentennial Laureate.

Bibliography

• Carwardine, Richard. Transatlantic Revivalism: Popular Evangelicalism in Britain and America, 1790–1865. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1978. ISBN 0-313-20308-3 OCLC 4037176
• Carwardine, Richard. Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-300-05413-0 OCLC 26931100
• Carwardine, Richard. Abraham Lincoln and the Fourth Estate: The White House and the Press During the American Civil War. : University of Reading, 2004. ISBN 0-704-91197-3 OCLC 61810490
• Carwardine, Richard. Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. ISBN 1-400-04456-1 OCLC 60421093
• Carwardine, Richard, and Jay Sexton. The Global Lincoln. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 019537911X OCLC 666242533
• Carwardine, Richard. Lincoln's Sense of Humor. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0809336142

See also

• Haberdashers' Company

References

1. "Corpus Christi College Oxford – President and Fellows". University of Oxford. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
2. "Richard Carwardine". University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
3. www.rai.ox.ac.uk
4. Prof Richard Carwardine on the Lincoln Academy site, 2009

External links

• Lecture at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
• Debrett's People of Today

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