Sir F. M. Powicke | |
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Born | Frederick Maurice Powicke 16 June 1879 Alnwick, England |
Died | 19 May 1963 Oxford, England | (aged 83)
Other names | Maurice Powicke |
Title | Regius Professor of Modern History (1928–1947) |
Spouse |
Susan Irvine Martin (m. 1909) |
Awards | Knight Bachelor (1946) |
Academic background | |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | English medieval history |
Institutions | Merton College, Oxford Queen's University, Belfast Victoria University of Manchester |
Doctoral students | Richard William Hunt Beryl Smalley[1] James Lydon (historian) |
Notable students | Margaret Wade Labarge Kathleen Major |
Influenced | C. R. Cheney[2] William Abel Pantin[3] R. W. Southern[1] |
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke FBA FRHistS (16 June 1879 – 19 May 1963) was an English medieval historian. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, a professor at Queen's University, Belfast, and the Victoria University of Manchester, and from 1928 until his retirement Regius Professor at the University of Oxford. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1946.