David Bates (historian)
David Richard Bates (born April 30, 1945 in Coventry , United Kingdom ) is a British professor, historian and writer .
Career
David Richard Bates, son of Jack Bates and his wife Violet Anne, was born in 1945 during the Second World War shortly before the end of the war in Europe in the English county of Warwickshire . He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Nuneaton . He did his Bachelor of Arts in 1966 and his Ph.D. 1970 each at the University of Exeter .
From 1969 to 1971 he worked as a research assistant at the Imperial War Museum in London . He then worked from 1971 to 1994 as a professor at Cardiff University and from 1994 to 2003 professor for the history of the Middle Ages at the University of Glasgow . In 1999 he was a visiting professor at the École nationale des chartes in Paris . Bates was a visiting fellow at Trinity College , Cambridge from 2002 to 2003 . He then took up a position as director of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London - a position he held from 2003 to 2008. In 2003 he was visiting professor at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) in Paris. Bates held a Chair in Medieval History at the University of East Anglia . He also worked at the University of Caen , where he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2000. In 2000 he became a Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Scotland . He has been a member of the Academia Europaea since 2009 .
On September 4, 1971, he married Helen Mary Fryer. The couple have two children: Jonathan Edward and Rachel Emily.
Bates wrote numerous books and articles throughout his life.
He is a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) and the Royal Historical Society (RHistS).
Works (selection)
- 1982: Normandy before 1066
- 1986: A bibliography of Domesday book
- 1989: William the Conqueror
- 1992: Bishop Remigius of Lincoln 1067-1092
- 1994: England and Normandy in the Middle Ages
- 1998: Regesta regum Anglo-Normannorum: the Acta of William I, 1066-1087
- 2013: The Normans and Empire
Web links
- David Bates on the prabook.com website
- Alumni profile - David Bates, History and PhD , University of Exeter
- Bates, David R. Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BATES, Prof. David Richard, Who's Who in 2014, A & C Black, Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ↑ Bates, David: Normandy before 1066 , John Wiley & Sons, Limited, 2002, ISBN 9781405100700 (new edition)
- ^ Bates, David: A Bibliography of Domesday Book , Boydell Press for the Royal Historical Society, 1986, ISBN 9780851154336
- ^ Bates, David: William the Conqueror , The History Press, 1989, ISBN 9780750956499 (reissue)
- ^ David Bates and Anne Curry: England and Normandy in the Middle Ages , A&C Black, 1994, ISBN 9781852850838
- ^ Bates, David: The Normans and Empire , OUP Oxford, 2013, ISBN 9780199674411
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bates, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bates, David Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian, university professor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coventry , UK |