Hugh N. Kennedy | |
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| Born | 22 October 1947 Hythe, Kent, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Spouse |
Hilary Wybar (m. 1970) |
| Awards | FRSE (2000) FBA (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of St Andrews School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Thesis | Politics and the political élite in the early Abbasid Caliphate (1978) |
Hugh Nigel Kennedy (born 22 October 1947) is a British medievalist and academic. He specialises in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, Muslim Iberia and the Crusades. From 1997 to 2007, he was Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London.