Sir Richard W. Southern (1912-2001) was a notable medieval historian, based at the University of Oxford. 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
Southern was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at the Royal Grammar School there and at Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in History. At Oxford Southern's mentors were Sir Maurice Powicke and V H Galbraith. He was a Fellow of Balliol from 1937-61 (where he lectured alongside Christopher Hill) , Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford from 1961-9, and President of St John’s College, Oxford, from 1969-81. He was knighted in 1974. He died in Oxford. Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... Henry Chicheley (also Checheley or Chichele) (c. ...
Southern's Making of the Middle Ages (1953) established his reputation as a medievalist of the first rank. This pioneering work opened up new vistas in medieval history and it has been translated into many languages. Southern's studies of St Anselm and Robert Grosseteste have redefined the historigraphical landscape.
Bibliography
The Making of the Middle Ages (1953)
Medieval Humanism: And Other Studies
St Anselm and his Biographer (1963)
Robert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe
St. Anselm: A Portrait in a Landscape
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages (1970)
Sir Richard W. Southern (1912-2001) was a notable medieval historian, based at the University of Oxford.
Southern was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and at Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in History.
Southern's studies of St Anselm and Robert Grosseteste have redefined their historiography.
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