What is Keith Thomas (historian)?
[[Sir]] '''Keith Vivian Thomas''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CH|FBA|FRHistS|FLSW}} (born 2 January 1933) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[historian]]. His area of focus is the history of the early [[modern world]]. He is best known for writing ''Religion and the Decline of Magic'' and ''[[Man and the Natural World]]''. From 1986 to 2000, he was president of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Corpus Christi College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Thomas_Keith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Thomas_Keith |title=Keith Thomas|publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Thomas was born in [[Wick, Vale of Glamorgan|Wick]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jrank.org/literature/pages/5973/Sir-Keith-Thomas-(Sir-Keith-Vivian-Thomas).html|title=Sir Keith Thomas ''(Sir Keith Vivian Thomas)'' Biography|website=JRank|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> He is married to Lady Valerie Thomas and has two children. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Keith}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:Welsh historians]] [[Category:Companions of Honour]] [[Category:Knights Bachelor]] [[Category:People from Glamorgan]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}