Dr William George Hoskins CBE PhD FRIBA D.Litt FBA
(1908-1992)

Died aged c. 84

William George Hoskins CBE FBA (22 May 1908 – 11 January 1992) was an English local historian who founded the first university department of English Local History. His great contribution to the study of history was in the field of landscape history. Hoskins demonstrated the profound impact of human activity on the evolution of the English landscape in a pioneering book: The Making of the English Landscape. His work has had lasting influence in the fields of local and landscape history and historical and environmental conservation.

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W. G. Hoskins CBE FBA D.Litt 1908-1992 Historian of Devon, Exeter and the English landscape born here 'Hic amor, haec patria est'

26-28 St David's Hill, Exeter, United Kingdom where they was born (1908)