Ward Matthew: Thomas Hobbes and Political Thought in Ireland c.1660- c.1730

Matthew Ward took a BA in History and Politics from the University of York and an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History, supervised by Professor John Robertson, from Clare College, Cambridge. After Cambridge, Matthew worked in the House of Commons. In 2016, he was awarded the Oxford-Vincent Packford and Geoffrey Smart Scholarship at Kellogg College, Oxford to study for a DPhil in History under Professor Jon Parkin. While at Oxford, Matthew also held a fellowship at Christ Church dedicated to increasing access to the university for state school pupils. He is now a Civil Servant.