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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 Director of the North of England Consortium for Arts and Humanities, a member of the Council of the Navy Records Society and Reviews Editor for the International Journal of Maritime History.

Undergraduate:

- Revolutions: Continuity and Change

- Communicating the Past

-The Bloody Code: Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century London

Postgraduate:

- Power, Authority and Freedom

- Modern Arts and Humanities: Interdisciplinary Research in the Digital Age

- Public Arts and Humanities: Research Impact and Entrepreneurship

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Dock Development, 1778-1914

Wilcox, M. (2017). Dock Development, 1778-1914. In D. J. Starkey, D. Atkinson, B. McDonagh, S. McKeon, & E. Salter (Eds.), Hull: Culture, History, Place (117-144). Liverpool University Press

Journal Article

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

'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950

Wilcox, M. (2015). 'The want of sufficient men': Labour recruitment and training in the British North Sea fisheries, 1850-1950. International Journal of Maritime History, 27(4), 723-742. https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871415610504

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Philip Nicholas Trust Fellowship

Funder

Philip Nicholas Charitable Trust

Grant

£60,000.00

Started

1 July 2021

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

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

Current PhD Supervisions

- Joe Varley, 'The effects of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Cork 1790- 1830'

- Laura Burkinshaw, 'Naval and National Identity: the evolving character of popular naval enthusiasm in Britain from 1914 to 1939.'

- Matthew Pooley, 'Information and Intelligence in British Imperial Development 1700-1750'

- Stephen Baker, 'British Music Hall and the Criminal Law Amerndment Act, 1885' (co-supervision)

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