Eric J. Evans FRSA FRHistS (2 July 1945 – 27 March 2022)[1] was a British historian who was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Lancaster and was Chair (1991–98) and vice-president (since 1998) of the Social History Society.
His specialist research interests included: British political history since the eighteenth century; the history of social policy; how social change affects the political process; British national identities.
[4] More recent publications included The Shaping of Modern Britain, 1780–1914 (Pearson Longman, 2011), Sir Robert Peel, Statesmanship Power and Party (2nd ed., 2006) and The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain 1783–1870 (3rd ed., Longman, 2001).
He was Chair of the History Postgraduate Awards Panel of the Arts and Humanities Research Board from 2000 to 2005.
He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2004.