Steven A. King obtained a BA (Hons) in Economic and Social History from the University of Kent and a PhD in historical demography from the University of Liverpool. He is a member of the ESRC Peer Review Panel, edits the journal extit{Family and Community History}, andis a former winner of the Pasold Prize for research into textile history. In 2012 he was appointed as Director of the University of Leicester Centre for Medical Humanities. Prof King’s research interests span the period from the seventeenth to twentieth century and cover topics as varied as poverty/welfare and historical demography through to women’s suffrage.
