W. R. Ward
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William Reginald Ward {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRHistS|FBA}} (1925 – 2010) was a British historian who was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society and Secretary, President and Vice-President of the Chetham Society.
He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire to Primitive Methodist parents.Andrew Chandler, ‘Nachruf/Obituary: W. Reginald Ward (1925-2010)’, Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte, Vol. 23, No. 2, Zwischen Aufbruch und Anpassung – Kirchenreform im 20. Jahrhundert / Departures and Adaptions – Church Reform in the 20. Century (2010), p. 360. He studied at Oxford, where he met his future wife, Barbara. He taught at Ruskin College whilst working on his PhD.
Initially, Ward concentrated his studies on eighteenth century British history but the bulk of his work concerned religious history. He was one of the co-editors on the definitive, scholarly edition of John Wesley's works.Chandler, p. 360.
He was a Member of the Chetham Society, serving as a Member of Council (1964-2010), Secretary (1964–84), President (1984–92), and Vice-President (1993-2010).{{Cite web|url=http://www.chethamsociety.org.uk/pdf/CS_Officers_Council.pdf |title=Chetham Society: Officers and Council |publisher=Chetham Society |date=2016-06-11 |accessdate=2016-06-11}} He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and British Academy and also President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (1970–71).[https://www.history.ac.uk/ehsoc/about/past-ehs-presidents Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society]
Works
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=bi84AAAAMAAJ&q=ward%20Georgian%20Oxford:%20University%20Politics%20in%20the%20Eighteenth%20Century Georgian Oxford: University Politics in the Eighteenth Century] (Clarendon Press, 1958).
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=bRhqDAAAQBAJ Victorian Oxford] (Routledge, 1965).
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=bq0lAQAAMAAJ&q=ward%20Religion%20%26%20Society%20in%20England:%201790-1850 Religion & Society in England: 1790-1850] (HarperCollins, 1972).
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=lhkLD9t4GO0C The Protestant Evangelical Awakening] (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=aujIv_WLE9YC Christianity under the Ancien Régime, 1648-1789] (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=lE2oIwml-fQC Early Evangelicalism: A Global Intellectual History, 1670-1789] (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
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Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Category:Presidents of the Ecclesiastical History Society
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