William Whyte has lived in Oxford for more than 30 years, since coming here as a student to read History at Wadham College. He is now Professor of Social and Architectural History and a fellow of St John’s College. In addition to OPT, he chairs the Oxford Historical Society and the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, and also serves as a member of the Board of Visitors to the Oxford Museum of Natural History. An Anglican priest, he is part of the team serving Wolvercote and Wytham. Beyond Oxford, he  is a trustree of English Heritage and chair of the Blue Plaques Panel, and serves on the Fabric Commission of Westminster Abbey and the Heritage Committee of the British Academy. He is also senior responsible owner for the University’s new Humanities Building. As a historian, his most recent books include Unlocking the Church: the lost secrets of Victorian sacred space (2017) and Redbrick: a social and architectural history of Britain’s civic universities (2015). He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries.