James Raven

James Russell Raven LittD FBA FSA is a British scholar specialising in the history of the book. His published works include The English Novel 1770–1829 (2000), What is the History of the Book? (2018) and The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (2020). As of 2024, he was professor emeritus of history at the University of Essex, a life fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a professor in the humanities at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).