Frank Barlow (historian)
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Frank Barlow CBE
FBA
FRSL (19 April 1911 - 27 June 2009) was a British historian, known particularly for biographies of medieval figures.
Barlow studied at St John's College, Oxford
. He was Professor of History at the University of Exeter
from 1953 until he retired in 1976 and became Emeritus Professor. He was a Fellow of both the British Academy
and the Royal Society of Literature
, 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".
CBE
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FBA
British Academy
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FRSL (19 April 1911 - 27 June 2009) was a British historian, known particularly for biographies of medieval figures.
Barlow studied at St John's College, Oxford
St John's College, Oxford
__FORCETOC__St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, one of the larger Oxford colleges with approximately 390 undergraduates, 200 postgraduates and over 100 academic staff. It was founded by Sir Thomas White, a merchant, in 1555, whose heart is buried in the chapel of...
. He was Professor of History at the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
from 1953 until he retired in 1976 and became Emeritus Professor. He was a Fellow of both the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
and the Royal Society of Literature
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". The Society's first president was Thomas Burgess, who later became the Bishop of Salisbury...
, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours
Queen's Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours is a part of the British honours system, being a civic occasion on the celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named. The awards are presented by the reigning monarch or head of state, currently Queen...
"for services to the study of English medieval history".
Works
- The Feudal Kingdom of England (1955)
- The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster (1962, 2nd edition 1992), editor and translator
- Edward the Confessor (1970, 2nd edition 1997)
- The English Church 1066-1154 (1979)
- The Norman Conquest and Beyond (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