Malcolm Beckwith Parkes

Malcolm Beckwith Parkes (born June 26, 1930 in Charlton , † May 10, 2013 ) was a British paleographer .

Life

He was educated at Colfe's Grammar School in Lewisham. He studied at the University of Strasbourg and Hertford College . After graduating, he worked for his family's export business before spending a year as an archivist in the library at Lambeth Palace from 1957-58 . In 1961 he was appointed professor of English language and literature at Keble and Mansfield Colleges , Oxford. Four years later he became a fellow and tutor at Keble. Between 1965 and 1974 he was a fellow librarian at the college. When the library got a new extension, he discovered around 90 manuscripts instead of the 16 listed, and decided to publish a catalog ( The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College Oxford , 1979). Parkes was a Fellow at Keble College , Oxford for 30 years , where he worked as a tutor for Ancient and Middle English. In 1996 he was appointed First Professor of Paleography at Oxford University. Since 1993 he has been a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .

Fonts (selection)

English cursive book hands 1250–1500 . London 1979, ISBN 0-85967-535-1 .
Pause and effect. An introduction to the history of punctuation in the West . Aldershot 1992, ISBN 0-85967-742-7 .
Their hands before our eyes. A closer look at scribes. The Lyell lectures delivered in the University of Oxford 1999 . Aldershot 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-6337-9 .
Pages from the past. Medieval writing skills and manuscript books . Farnham 2012, ISBN 1-409-43806-6 .

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SURNAME	Parkes, Malcolm Beckwith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parkes, Malcolm B .; Parkes, MB; Parkes, Malcolm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British paleographer and Middle Latin
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlton
DATE OF DEATH	May 10, 2013