Richard Southern | |
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| Born | Richard William Southern 8 February 1912 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Died | 6 February 2001 (aged 88) Oxford, England |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | |
| Notable students | Brian Patrick McGuire[1] |
Sir Richard William Southern FBA, FRSL (8 February 1912 – 6 February 2001), who published under the name R. W. Southern, was a noted English medieval historian based at the University of Oxford.