Frank Stenton
Frank Stenton | |
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Born | Manchester, England | 17 May 1880
Died | 15 September 1967 | (aged 87)
Nationality | English |
Education | Keble College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
Spouse | Doris Mary Stenton |
Sir Frank Merry Stenton
Life
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Stenton was a professor of history at the University of Reading (1926 – 1946), and subsequently the university's vice-chancellor (1946–1950). During his period as vice-chancellor at Reading, he presided over the university's purchase of Whiteknights Park, creating the new campus that allowed for the expansion of the university in later decades. In November 2008, it was announced that a new hall of residence to be constructed on that campus would be named Stenton Hall, in his honour.[6] The annual Stenton Lecture, given by an eminent historian, was inaugurated at Reading University in 1967.[7]
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His wife, Doris Mary Stenton, wrote a preface to the third edition of Anglo-Saxon England, published after his death, and edited Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England: Being the Collected Papers of Frank Merry Stenton, published in 1970. She was a historian in her own right, producing English Society in the Early Middle Ages for the Pelican History of England, and The English Woman in History (1957).[7]
Stenton's papers, together with those of his wife Doris, Lady Stenton, their library and his coin collection are part of the Special Collections in the University of Reading.
Publications
Stenton's major publications were The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066–1166 (1932) and Anglo-Saxon England (1943). Other publications include:
- "The Danes in England". History, 5 (1920): 173–177. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-229X.1920.tb01326.x
- Types of Manorial Structure in the Northern Danelaw
- Documents illustrative of the social and economic history of the Danelaw, from various collections (1920)
References
- ^ Institute of Historical Research, Summary; Royal Historical Society, 'About Us' Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ Northamptonshire Past and Present. Vol. 3–4. Northamptonshire Record Society. 1960. p. 181.
- ISBN 978-0-85033-048-9.
- ISBN 978-0-521-83085-0.
- ISBN 978-1-85264-022-4.
- ^ "University of Reading Bulletin (20 November 2008)" (PDF). University of Reading. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2008. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Stenton Lecture". University of Reading, Dept. of History. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "No. 38161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1947. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 38207". The London Gazette. 13 February 1948. pp. 1035–1036.
External links
- Works by or about Frank Stenton at Internet Archive
- Stenton Papers
- Stenton Library
- Stenton Coin Collection
- Audio recording of Stenton's 1958 lecture "The Anglo-Saxon Coinage and Historians" to the British Numismatic Society