Robert Austin Markus

Robert Austin Markus (born October 8, 1924 in Budapest , † December 8, 2010 in Nottingham ) was a Hungarian patristic .

Life

He earned MA (1948) and PhD (1950) from Manchester . He taught in Liverpool ( Lecturer , Senior Lecturer and Reader ). From 1974 to 1982 he held the Chair of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham . In 1985 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the British Academy . In 2000 he became Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Saeculum. History and society in the theology of St. Augustine . Cambridge 1970, ISBN 0-521-07621-8 .
Christianity in the Roman world . London 1974, ISBN 0-500-83001-0 .
The end of ancient Christianity . Cambridge 1990, ISBN 0-521-32716-4 .
Sacred and secular. Studies on Augustine and Latin Christianity . Aldershot 1994, ISBN 0-86078-450-9 .
Signs and meanings. World and text in ancient Christianity . Liverpool 1996, ISBN 0-85323-721-2 .
Gregory the Great and his world . Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-58430-2 .
From Augustine to Gregory the Great. History and Christianity in late antiquity . Cambridge 2002, ISBN 0-86078-117-8 .

William E. Klingshirn and Mark Vessey (eds.): The limits of ancient Christianity. Essays on late antique thought and culture in honor of RA Markus . Ann Arbor 1999 ISBN 0-472-10997-9 .
JHWG Liebeschuetz: Robert Austin Markus, 1924–2010 . In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy . tape XI , 2012, p. 475-489 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

personal data
SURNAME	Markus, Robert Austin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Markus, RA; Markus, Robert; Markus, Robert A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian patristic
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 2010
Place of death	Nottingham