Sheridan Gilley

Gilley was born on 27 April 1945 in Brisbane, Australia.^[1][2]

He is the son of Wayne Grover Gilley, a journalist, and his wife Betty Margaret Gilley.^[1][2]

He married Margaret Mary Haworth, a health care executive and vicar, on June 15, 1974, and they have two children.^[1][2]

He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Queensland in 1966 and his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1971.^[1][2]

He served as a lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the University of St. Andrews from 1971 to 1978, then moved to the University of Durham.^[1][2] He has been a reader emeritus at the University of Durham since 2002.^[1][2]

He became a fellow/member of the Royal Historical Society and the Ecclesiastical History Society.^[1][2]