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Portrait photograph of Historic Royal Palaces staff member John Davis (MA Programme Director) Palaces and Collections. (Smiling.)

Professor John R Davis

Position: Programme Director of the MA Heritage Management

About

John is currently Programme Director of the MA Heritage Management, a master’s course run jointly by Historic Royal Palaces and Queen Mary University of London. 

His research focuses on heritage management, royal heritage, the history of exhibitions, British and German history, and international relations. 

Select publications

Davis, J. R., The Victorians and Germany (Bern: Peter Lang, 2007)

Bosbach, F., Davis, J. R., and Urbach, K. (eds.), Common Heritage: The Archives of Windsor, Coburg and Gotha: Documentary Sources. 2 volumes (Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 2015 and 2019)

Davis, J. R., ‘An act of “Queenly Beneficence”? A historical investigation of the opening of Hampton Court Palace to the public in the nineteenth century’, The Court Historian, 29 (2024), pp. 17-32.

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All articles by Professor John R Davis (1)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: Monarchy's moderniser

26 August 2019

On the 200th birthday of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Professor John R Davis argues that Albert's influence helped Queen Victoria rescue the British Monarchy.