Peter Forsaith, Ph.D., Research Fellow, The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History.
Peter is a historian of society, religion and culture in 18th-century Britain. His principal research interests are in aspects of the life of Revd John Fletcher of Madeley, and also Wesley portraiture in the context of the relationship between religion and art. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford Brookes University in 2003, for 'The Correspondence of the Revd John W Fletcher: Letters to the Revd Charles Wesley Considered in the Context of the Evangelical Revival'. His Unexampled Labours: Letters of the Revd. John Fletcher to Leaders in the Evangelical Revival (Epworth, 2008) is based on his doctoral research.
He is currently Research Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University. His primary responsibilities are in research and writing, while he also has care of its Methodist-related archives, library and art collections, as well as supporting researchers and study tour groups.
