Frank Barlow (historian)
English historian (1911–2009)
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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.
Frank Barlow | |
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| Professor of History, University of Exeter | |
| In office 1953–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1911 Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 27 June 2009 (aged 98) |
Early life
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
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
- 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
- The English Church 1000–1066 (1st edition 1963, 2nd edition 1979)
- William I and the Norman Conquest (1965)
- Edward the Confessor (Yale English Monarchs series, 1st edition 1970, new edition 1997)
- The English Church, 1066–1154 (1979)
- The Norman Conquest and Beyond (1983)
- William Rufus (Yale English Monarchs series, 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)
Festschrift
- Writing Medieval Biography, 750–1250: Essays in Honour of Frank Barlow (2006), edited by David Bates, Julia Crick and Sarah Hamilton
