Peter Linehan Explained

Peter Anthony Linehan, FBA (11 July 1943 – 9 July 2020) was a British historian of medieval Spain.[1] [2] [3]

He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, where he was Dean of Discipline,[4] and a fellow of the British Academy.[5] [3]

Life

Linehan was born in Mortlake, London, the son of a brokerage clerk and a teacher, and attended St Benedict's School, Ealing.[6] He first visited Spain in 1959.[7] He joined St John's College in 1961 as an undergraduate to study History. He remained at St John's where he became a research fellow in 1966.[6] [8] He completed his PhD on "Reform and reaction: the Spanish kingdoms and the Papacy in the thirteenth century", under the supervision of Walter Ullmann.[6] This won the Thirlwall Prize and Seeley medal for 1970-1, and formed the basis for his first book, "The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century" (1971).[4] [9]

At St John's, Linehan served as a Tutor, Tutor for Graduate Affairs, Director of Studies in History three times, and Dean of Discipline for 11 years.[10] [8]

Linehan was influenced by Walter Ullmann, Christopher Cheney, Raymond Carr, Geoffrey Barraclough, and his tutor Ronald Robinson.[11]

He became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1971[6] [12] and a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia in 1996.[6] [3] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2002.[5] In 2018, he was awarded an honorary degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid.[7] [13]

Personal life

He died in 2020 aged 76 from heart disease.[14] He was survived by his wife and their three children.

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Linehan obituary. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. Web site: Peter Linehan, learned and well-liked historian of medieval Spain – obituary. Telegraph. Obituaries. July 15, 2020. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Peter Linehan, el análisis lúcido de la Edad Media en España y Portugal. Francisco J.. Hernández. July 12, 2020. EL PAÍS. es.
  4. Web site: 'Incisively intelligent' Fellow of St John's dies aged 76 | StJohns. StJohns.
  5. Web site: Dr Peter Linehan FBA. The British Academy.
  6. Evangelista Marques . André . João Branco . Maria . Farelo . Mário . Vitória . André . Peter Linehan, in memoriam: Quatro olhares sobre um historiador . Medievalista . 31 December 2020 . 29 . 13–48 . 10.4000/medievalista.4032 . 6 September 2021 . Peter Linehan, in memoriam: Four Portraits of an Historian . pt . 1646-740X . free .
  7. Web site: La Autónoma inviste doctores 'honoris causa' a Peter Linehan y a Anil K. Jain . La Vanguardia Madrid . 6 September 2021 . es . 20 September 2018.
  8. Web site: St John's launches fund to support new generation of historians . StJohns . 6 September 2021 . 2 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Peter Linehan, in memoriam. Faculty of History University of Cambridge.
  10. Web site: Dr Peter Linehan Fund . StJohns . 6 September 2021.
  11. Valero Moreno . Juan Miguel . 2008 . Peter Linehan on history and Europe, una entrevista . es . Pliegos de Yuste . 7–8 . 5–12 . 1697-0152 . 6 September 2021 .
  12. Web site: Dr Peter Linehan . StJohns . 6 September 2021.
  13. Web site: La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid investirá doctores 'honoris causa' a Peter Linehan y Anil K. Jain . elEconomista.es . 6 September 2021 . es . 18 September 2018.
  14. Web site: A la memoria de Peter Linehan. José Carlos de Lera. Maíllo. July 13, 2020. La Opinión de Zamora. es.

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