Frank Barlow (historian)
Frank Barlow | |
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| Born | 19 April 1911 Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 27 June 2009 (aged 98) |
Frank Barlow (19 April 1911 – 27 June 2009[1]) was an English historian, known particularly for biographies of medieval figures. His subjects included Edward the Confessor, Thomas Becket and William Rufus.
Early life
[edit]Barlow was born in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. Both his parents were teachers. Barlow attended Newcastle-under-Lyme High School. He earned a scholarship to study History at St John's College, Oxford.[2]
Career
[edit]Barlow was Professor of History at the University of Exeter from 1953 until he retired in 1976 and became Emeritus Professor.[3] He was a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature,[4] and was appointed commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours "for services to the study of English medieval history".[5]
Works
[edit]- The Feudal Kingdom of England, 1042-1216 (1955, 5th edition 1999)
- The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster (1962, 2nd edition 1992), editor and translator
- William I and the Norman Conquest (1965) "Men and their Times" series, edited by A. L. Rowse
- Edward the Confessor (1970, 2nd edition 1997, new edition 2011)
- The English Church, 1066–1154 (1979)
- The Norman Conquest and Beyond (1983)
- William Rufus (Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1983)
- Thomas Becket (1986)
- The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Guy Bishop of Amiens (1999), editor and translator
- The Godwins: The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty (2002)
- Writing Medieval Biography, 750–1250: Essays in Honour of Frank Barlow (2006), edited by David Bates, Julia Crick and Sarah Hamilton
References
[edit]- ^ "Frank Barlow (1911–2009)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101439. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Professor Frank Barlow". The Daily Telegraph. 16 August 2009.
- ^ The University of Exeter – Calendar 2007/2008 – Emeritus Professors Archived 2 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ RSL Fellows Archived 7 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 51772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1989. p. 7.
External links
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- 1911 births
- 2009 deaths
- 20th-century English biographers
- 20th-century English historians
- Academics of the University of Exeter
- Academics of University College London
- Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
- Anglo-Saxon studies scholars
- British medievalists
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Historians of monarchy and royalty
- Intelligence Corps officers
- People from Wolstanton
- People educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme School
- Royal biographers
- Writers from Staffordshire