John Blair | |
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Born | William John Blair 4 March 1955 |
Title | Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology |
Spouse |
Kanerva Blair-Heikkinen
(m. 2005) |
Parent | Claude Blair |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Thesis | Landholding, Church and Settlement in Surrey before 1300 (1983) |
Academic work | |
Discipline |
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Sub-discipline | Early medieval English history |
Institutions | The Queen's College, Oxford |
William John Blair, FSA, FBA (born 4 March 1955) is an English historian, archaeologist, and academic, who specialises in Anglo-Saxon England. He is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. He gave the 2013 Ford Lectures at the University of Oxford.