Dr Martin Wilcox

Dr Martin Wilcox

Lecturer in History

+44 (0)1482 465723 | M.Wilcox@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education
  • School of Humanities

Related groups

  • History

Summary

Dr Martin Wilcox's research has encompassed various aspects of modern British maritime history. In particular, he has worked on the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, especially in terms of logistics and organisation and the interaction of the Navy with wider society. He has also worked on the British fishing industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, and on maritime labour and the history of ports.

He gained his MA and PhD from the University of Hull, before joining Greenwich Maritime Institute as a postdoctoral fellow. He returned to the University of Hull in 2014.

He is Vice-President of the Navy Records Society, Treasurer of the International Maritime History Association and a Trustee of the British Commission for Maritime History.

Undergraduate:

- Revolutions: Continuity and Change

- Interactions and Exchanges: The Roots of Globalisation

- History Group Project

- The Past in the Present

Postgraduate:

- Power, Authority and Freedom in History

- Practising History

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

'For the Betterment of the Industry': The establishment and work of the White Fish Commission, 1936–1939

Wilcox, M. (2024). ‘For the Betterment of the Industry’: The establishment and work of the White Fish Commission, 1936–1939. Mariner's Mirror, 110(4), 456-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2024.2408175

'We Are Making No Sailors': Apprenticeship and the British mercantile marine 1840–1914

Wilcox, M. (2024). ‘We Are Making No Sailors’: Apprenticeship and the British mercantile marine 1840–1914. Mariner's Mirror, 110(2), 190-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2024.2331916

The Lloyd's Register archive: An appraisal

Wilcox, M., Phillipson, P., Wright, S., Rapisarda, L., & Starkey, D. J. (2023). The Lloyd's Register archive: An appraisal. International Journal of Maritime History, https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714231159583

'Let's make a good job of it and stay in business': the British distant-water trawler fleet and the coastal mackerel fishery, 1975–1985

Wilcox, M. (2023). ‘Let’s make a good job of it and stay in business’: the British distant-water trawler fleet and the coastal mackerel fishery, 1975–1985. Journal for Maritime Research, 23(2), 139-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/21533369.2022.2097855

'To save the industry from complete ruin': Crisis and response in British fishing 1945-1951

Wilcox, M. (2021). ‘To save the industry from complete ruin’: Crisis and response in British fishing 1945-1951. Business history, 63(3), 353-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2019.1576634

Research interests

Modern maritime History

History of fisheries

Naval history

Maritime labour

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Hull Maritime

Funder

University of Hull

Grant

£0.00

Started

1 August 2019

Status

Ongoing

Project

Philip Nicholas Trust Fellowship

Funder

Philip Nicholas Charitable Trust

Grant

£60,000.00

Started

1 July 2021

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Martin Wilcox welcomes enquiries from prospective postgraduate students interested in any aspect of modern British maritime history.

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