J. M. Wallace-Hadrill
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J. M. Wallace-Hadrill | |
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| Born | John Michael Wallace-Hadrill 29 September 1916 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 3 November 1985 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
| Title | Chichele Professor of Modern History |
| Spouse(s) |
Ethel Irving (m. 1943–1949)Anne Wakefield (m. 1950) |
| Children | 2, including Andrew |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Cheltenham School |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Maurice Powicke |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Middle Ages |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Medieval History |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | |
| Main interests | Merovingian period |
John Michael Wallace-Hadrill CBE FBA FRHistS (29 September 1916 – 3 November 1985) was a British academic and one of the foremost historians of the early Merovingian period. He held the Chichele Chair in Modern History at the University of Oxford between 1974 and 1983.
Life and career
Wallace-Hadrill was born on 29 September 1916 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, where his father was a master at Bromsgrove School.[1] He was Professor of Mediaeval History at the University of Manchester between 1955 and 1961. He then became a Senior Research Fellow of Merton College in the University of Oxford (where he held the office of Sub-Warden) from 1961 till 1974.[2] He was Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford from 1974 to 1983 and, between 1974 and 1985, a Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1969 and delivered the Ford Lectures in 1971. He was a Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society between 1973 and 1976. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982. He is the father of the Roman historian Andrew Wallace-Hadrill and the brother of church historian, D.S. Wallace-Hadrill.[3]
Bibliography
- The Barbarian West, 400–1000 (1952).
- The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with Its Continuations (1960).
- The Long-haired Kings (London, 1962).
- Early Germanic Kingship in England and the Continent (Oxford, 1971).
- Early Medieval history (1976).
- The Frankish Church (1983).
- Ideal and reality in Frankish and Anglo-Saxon society: studies presented to J.M. Wallace-Hadrill (1983).
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People: A Historical Commentary (Oxford, 1988).
References
Citations
Sources
- Wood, Ian (2005). Marshall, P.J. (ed.). "John Michael Wallace-Hadrill" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 124 (Biographical Memoirs of Fellows III).
- Leyser, Karl (July 1986). "John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, (1916-85)". The English Historical Review. 101 (400). Oxford University Press: 561–563. doi:10.1093/ehr/CI.CCCC.561. JSTOR 571476.
