John Blair (historian)

John Blair
Blair in 2021
Born
William John Blair

(1955-03-04) 4 March 1955 (age 69)
Woking, Surrey, England
TitleProfessor of Medieval History and Archaeology
Spouse
Kanerva Blair-Heikkinen
(m. 2005)
ParentClaude Blair
Academic background
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
ThesisLandholding, Church and Settlement in Surrey before 1300 (1983)
Academic work
Discipline
  • History
  • archaeology
Sub-disciplineEarly medieval English history
InstitutionsThe 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.