Yorkshire historian to receive University honour
Posted on 14 March 2008
Dr David Neave is to receive an honorary degree from the University at a ceremony next week.
As an active conservationist, Dr Neave has helped to save many buildings in the East Riding, most recently the redundant church of St James, Warter, for which he raised £650,000 for its restoration and use as a heritage centre. He is chairman of the Yorkshire Wolds Buildings Preservation Trust and Hornsea Museum Trust, and is a member of the York Minster Fabric Advisory Committee.
Dr Neave has published a wide range of books and articles focusing on Yorkshire, many in collaboration with his wife, Dr Susan Neave, and has researched and organised numerous exhibitions. His revised edition of Pevsner’s architectural guide to York and the East Riding was widely acclaimed as a definitive work.
He received a BA in History from Lancaster University in 1967, and was later awarded an MPhil from the University of York and a PhD from the University of Hull where he taught for 23 years. In 1974, he was one of the first graduates of the Diploma (later MA) in Conservation Studies at York.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Brian Cantor, will confer the degree of Doctor of the University (D.Univ) in the first of two degree ceremonies on Wednesday 19 March in Central Hall on the Heslington campus.
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