Penry Williams (historian)

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Penry Herbert Williams (born February 25, 1925 in Calcutta , † April 30, 2013 ) was a British historian .

Life

Penry Williams was born in Calcutta in 1925, where his father worked in the local Turf Club . Soon after, the family returned to the UK and settled in Hertfordshire . After his father's death in 1939, the family moved to Wales .

Williams attended Marlborough College . In 1943 he joined the Royal Artillery . By the time he finished his military training, World War II had just ended. Williams now served in India and Java. He then studied at the New College of the University of Oxford . He then became a junior lecturer at Manchester University in 1951 . There he wrote his dissertation . In 1952 he married. In 1964 he returned to New College and taught history for the remainder of his academic career. In 1992 he retired. In 1998 he was made an honorary fellow at New College.

Williams had been widowed since 1991 and last lived with his partner. His marriage had two children, a daughter and a son.

Fonts

  • The Council in the Marches of Wales under Elizabeth (1958)
  • Life in Tudor England (1963)
  • The Tudor Regime (1979)
  • with John Buxton (Ed.): New College Oxford 1379–1979 (1979)
  • The Later Tudors: England 1547–1603 (1995, New Oxford History of England)
  • with Mark Nicholls: Sir Walter Raleigh In Life and Legend (2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Williams, Penry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Penry Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcutta
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2013