Paul Lawrence

Paul Lawrence is a Professor of History in the Arts Faculty. He is currently helping write a new history module on ‘Britain and Ireland 1789-1914’, a period which arguably witnessed the birth of the modern Britain we know today. Paul’s research is focussed on the history of crime, policing and justice from about 1750 to the present day.

Paul has a BA from Roehampton University, and an MA and PhD from London University, but learns something interesting at work every day. Most recently, that William Playfair (1759-1823) – a Scottish ‘engineer, political economist and scoundrel’ – not only invented the line graph and pie chart, and designed the National Gallery of Scotland, but also found time to pop over to France and participate in the storming of the Bastille!

When not working Paul is mostly found running, often getting quite lost.