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Dr Ben Marsh
BA, MA (Cambs)
Lecturer in History, Deputy Director of Research, Director of PE and Impact
University of Kent
I grew up in Oxfordshire but fled to Cambridge to study at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. My academic loves are the history of the Atlantic world from 1500-1800. I have written a number of books and have recently developed a serious interest in silkworms......