Tim Thornton completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Oxford, the latter a DPhil on Cheshire, 1480-1560, under the supervision of Chris Haigh. Author of a number of books and articles on late medieval and early modern political history, he is a Royal Historical Society prize winner (David Berry prize, Alexander prize proxime accessit). Tim is currently Professor of History and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Huddersfield.
