Barry Doyle

Prof

Professor and Head of Department, Department of English, Linguistics and History
Interim Head of Department - English Linguistics and History, School of Music, Humanities and Media
Department of English, Linguistics and History
Centre for Health Histories

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9656-8498

Phone01484 471625
EmailB.M.Doyle@hud.ac.uk
Websitehttps://research.hud.ac.uk

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Biography

Professor Barry Doyle studied for both his BA and PhD at the University of East Anglia. He held teaching posts at the Universities of St Andrews, Durham and Edinburgh before moving to the University of Teesside where he was lecturer and Reader in History and subsequently Assistant Dean Research in the School of Social Sciences and Law. He moved to Huddersfield as Head of History, English, Languages and Media in 2008 and since 2013 has been Professor of Health History.

His teaching and research interests cover the political, social and economic history of urban Britain in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has a particular interest in the development of health care systems before welfare states in both the UK and Europe. He was closely involved in developing a project to archive the British Steel Teesside Collection which received over £400,000 in grants, while his health care research has received significant support from the Wellcome Trust.

Research Expertise and Interests

Urban politics
Hospital provision
Aspects of late nineteenth and twentieth century local and regional history.

Research Expertise and Interests

Urban Politics
Hospital Provision
19th Century Local History
20th Century Local History
19th Century Regional History
20th Century Regional History

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Projects

1 Finished

Crossing Boundaries: The History of First Aid in Britain and France, 1909‐1989

Doyle, B. & Beatrice Wall, R.

1/06/16 → 1/11/18

Project: Research

Research Output

22 Article
16 Chapter
7 Review article
3 Book
1 More
- 1 Comment/debate

Le développement des systèmes hospitaliers dans les nouveaux pays d’Europe centrale pendant l’entre-deux-guerres

Translated title of the contribution: The development of healthcare systems in new nations: Central Europe between the Two World WarsDoyle, B., 18 Apr 2019, In : Revue d'histoire de la protection sociale. 11, 1, p. 119-41 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article