John Ramsden (historian)
John Ramsden was Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London until his retirement in 2008. He was an authority on the history of the Conservative Party.Education
Ramsden was born in Sheffield, the son of Cyril and Mary Ramsden. He attended King Edward VII School from 1959 to 1966, followed by Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first in modern history.Ramsden moved to Nuffield College, Oxford to pursue doctoral research on "the organisation of the Conservative Party in Britain 1910–30", under Robert Blake and David Butler. He then joined Queen Mary College, London, as a lecturer in history in January 1972.
