Sir Richard William Southern (1912-2001) was a notable English medieval historian, based at the University of Oxford. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the
Southern was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and at Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated with a first-class honours degree in History. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England See Royal Grammar School for the other schools with the name RGS Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. At Oxford Southern's mentors were Sir Maurice Powicke and Vivian Hunter Galbraith. Sir (Frederick Maurice Powicke (1879-1963 was an English medieval historian Vivian Hunter H Galbraith ( December 15, 1889 – November 25, 1976) was an English historian Fellow of the British Academy and He was a Fellow of Balliol from 1937-61 (where he lectured alongside Christopher Hill), Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford from 1961-9, and President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1969-81. Henry Chicheley (also Checheley or Chichele) (c 1364 &ndash 12 April 1443 English archbishop, founder of All Souls College Oxford, was born __FORCETOC__ St John's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. He was knighted in 1974. He died in Oxford.
Southern's Making of the Middle Ages (1953) established his reputation as a medievalist. In academic usage medievalism is the study of the Middle Ages, also referred to as medieval studies. This pioneering work opened up new vistas in medieval history and it has been translated into many languages. Southern's studies of St Anselm and Robert Grosseteste have redefined their historiography. Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 &ndash April 21, 1109) was an Italian medieval Philosopher, theologian, and church official Robert Grosseteste (c 1175 &ndash October 9, 1253) English statesman scholastic philosopher, Theologian and Bishop of
Bibliography
- The Making of the Middle Ages (1953)
- Medieval Humanism: And Other Studies (1970)
- St Anselm and his Biographer (1963)
- Robert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe (1986, 2nd ed. 1992)
- St. Anselm: A Portrait in a Landscape (1992)
- Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages (1970)
- Western Views of Islam in the Middle Ages (1962)
- Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe (1997)
- History and Historians: Selected Papers of R. W. Southern, edited by Robert Bartlett (2004)
External links
- Gifford Lecture biography - By Dr Michael W DeLashmutt
- Palmer, William. "Sir Richard Southern looks back", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 1998.
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