Jim Winter

James H. Winter was born on 24 October 1925. He pursued his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College, and completed his MA and PhD at Harvard University in 1961. He first joined UBC History in 1961, and served the academic community here for 30 years. He was the recipient of the UBC Teaching Prize in 1991 and retired in the same year.

Dr. Winter specialized in the history of Victorian England. He was the author of three monographs: Robert Lowe (Toronto, 1976), Secure from rash assault: sustaining the Victorian environment (Berkeley, 1999), and London’s teeming streets: 1830-1914 (London, 1993).

Dr. Winter passed away in his sleep on 30 September 2024.