Barrie Dobson

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Richard Barrie Dobson (born November 3, 1931 in Stockton-on-Tees , † March 29, 2013 in York ) was a British medieval historian .

Life

Dobson was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1931. Since his father worked for a railway company in South America, the family spent a few years there. Dobson continued his youth in Mickleton , North Riding of Yorkshire and attended school in Barnard Castle , County Durham . He then studied at Wadham College of Oxford University . It was here that he received his doctorate in 1963 with the dissertation The Priory of Durham Priory in the time of John Wessington, Prior 1416-1446 . This later formed the basis of his book Durham Priory, 1400-1450 .

After receiving his doctorate, he became a lecturer at St. Andrews University . He then moved to the University of York, where he held various positions, including being appointed professor of history in 1977 and deputy vice chancellor in 1984. From 1988 until his retirement in 1999 he taught as a professor of medieval studies at the University of Cambridge .

In 1988 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy . In 1991 he became President of the Ecclesiastical History Society .

Dobson had been married since 1959. The marriage resulted in two children, a son and a daughter.

Publications (selection)

  • The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (1971)
  • Durham Priory, 1400--1450 (1973)
  • The Jews of Medieval York and the Massacre of March 1190 (1974)
  • with John Taylor: Rymes of Robyn Hood (1977)
  • Church and Society in the Medieval North of England (1996)
  • with David Michael Smith [Ed.]: The Merchant Taylors of York (2006)

literature

  • W. Mark Ormrod: Richard Barrie Dobson . In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy . tape XIII , 2014, p. 121-142 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Priory of Durham Priory in the time of John Wessington, Prior 1416-1446 , E-Thesis Online Service. British Library website
personal data
SURNAME Dobson, Barrie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dobson, Richard Barrie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British medieval historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockton-on-teas
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2013
Place of death York