P. J. Marshall

Peter Marshall
CBE FRHistS FBA
Peter Marshall CBE FRHistS FBA
Born	1933 (age 90–91); Calcutta, Bengal Presidency
Academic background
Alma mater	Wellington College, Berkshire; Wadham College, Oxford;
Academic work
Discipline	History

Peter James Marshall CBE FRHistS FBA (born 1933) is a British historian known for his work on the British Empire, particularly the activities of British East India Company servants in 18th-century Bengal,^[1] and also the history of British involvement in North America during the same period.^[2] He is not to be confused with his contemporary, the other P. J. Marshall, who chronicled the history of public transport in the British Isles.

^ Marshall, P. J. (1976). East Indian Fortunes: The British in Bengal in the Eighteenth Century. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19821-566-0.
^ Marshall, P. J. (2005). The Making and Unmaking of Empires: Britain, India and America c. 1750–1783. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19927-895-4.

[1] Marshall, P. J. (1976). East Indian Fortunes: The British in Bengal in the Eighteenth Century. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19821-566-0.

[2] Marshall, P. J. (2005). The Making and Unmaking of Empires: Britain, India and America c. 1750–1783. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19927-895-4.

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Peter Marshall CBE FRHistS FBA
Born	1933 (age 90–91) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency

Academic background
Alma mater	Wellington College, Berkshire Wadham College, Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	History