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Hoffmann, Richard C (Richard Charles), 1943-
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Richard C. Hoffmann (1943- ), professor, was born in Wisconsin. He received a B.A. in History (High Honours, 1965) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies (1970) from Yale University. Hoffmann joined Yorks Department of History in 1971 and has taught courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Hoffmanns research interests include medieval and early modern Europe (economic, social and environmental history) and East-Central Europe. In addition to serving on several doctoral committees and as acting as supervisors for graduate students, Hoffmann has held a number of positions on faculty, senate, and departmental committees and has served as departmental chair.
Hoffmann is also involved in the preservation of fish habitat in the Greater Toronto Area. He is a member of Trout Unlimited of Canada, serving on the Board of Directors and as President. Hoffmann was also a member of the Humber Watershed Alliance.
Hoffmanns major publications to date include "Fishers craft and lettered art : tracts on fishing from the end of the Middle Ages" (Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997) and "Land, liberties, and lordship in a late medieval countryside : agrarian structures and change in the Duchy of Wroclaw (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989).