Margot Finn

Margot C. Finn is a British historian and academic who specialises in Britain and the British colonial world during the long nineteenth century. She has been Professor of Modern British History at the University College, London (UCL) since 2012. Finn was previously the President of the Royal Historical Society and a trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Prior to joining UCL, she was professor of history and pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Warwick.

On 24 November 2017, Finn presented her first annual presidential address as president of the Royal Historical Society, discussing the subject of 'Loot' in her series on 'Material Turns in Modern British History'.

In July 2019, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

Finn has been described as one of a group of historians who "have looked beyond male leaders, using microhistory approaches to show the significance of British women’s reproductive and diplomatic work on the sidelines". Provided by Wikipedia