Anton Howes

Head of Innovation Research

Dr Anton Howes joined the Entrepreneurs Network in 2020 as Head of Innovation Research. Prior to this, he was Lecturer in Economic History at King's College London, and before that a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University. He received his PhD in 2016 from King's College London, on the causes of Britain's acceleration of innovation that gave rise to the Industrial Revolution.

Anton specialises in the study of invention. His first book, Arts and Minds, tells the story of Britain's subscription-funded national improvement agency, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). And he is currently writing a book on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution. Anton regularly shares his research on the history of innovation at his popular newsletter, Age of Invention.