Roderick Floud

Sir Roderick Castle Floud FBA (born 1 April 1942) is a British economic historian and a leader in the field of anthropometric history.

[4] On 1 September 2008, he succeeded Lord Sutherland of Houndwood as the sixth provost of Gresham College.

Sir Roderick Floud's interest in part-time and mature students in higher education has been reflected in his participation in numerous boards and committees.

[8] In the 1970s, in association with Professor Robert Fogel in the United States, he turned to anthropometric history, publishing a number of articles and then writing (with Kenneth J. Wachter and Annabel Gregory) Height, Health and History: nutritional status in the United Kingdom, 1750–1980 and later (with Robert Fogel, Bernard Harris and Sok Chul Hong) The Changing Body: health, nutrition and human development in the Western World since 1700.

[10] His book on this topic, An Economic History of the English Garden, was published by Allen Lane in November 2019.