Burrow, John

John Burrow was Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex before becoming Professor of European Thought at Oxford. His earlier books include "Evolution and Society: A" "Study in Victorian Social Theory"; "A Liberal Descent: Victorian Historians and the English Past, "which won the Wolfson Prize for History; "Gibbon; "and "The Crisis of Reason: European Thought, 1848-1914. "He is a Fellow of the British Academy; an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; and in 2008 will be Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Williams College in Massachusetts.