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Mark Overton
A British agricultural historian whose work helped explain how farming transformed England over the centuries, he writes with a strong feel for the links between land, economy, and everyday life.
3 Audiobooks
Jack Winters' Baseball Team; Or, The Rivals of the Diamond
by Mark Overton
Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums
by Mark Overton
Jack Winters' Campmates
by Mark Overton
About the author
Mark Overton is a British agricultural historian and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is best known for work on England’s agricultural history, including Agricultural Revolution in England: The Transformation of the Agrarian Economy 1500–1850.
He was a professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Exeter and later served as the university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 2006 to 2013. Publicly available sources also identify him with earlier academic work at Cambridge and Newcastle.
Published biographical information available during this search was limited, so this overview focuses on his academic career and historical writing rather than personal-life details.