John Morrill (historian)

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    John Stephen Morrill FBA (born 12 June 1946)[1][2] is a British historian and academic who specialises in the political, religious, social, and cultural history of early-modern Britain from 1500 to 1750, especially the English Civil War. He is best known for his scholarship on early modern politics and his unique county studies approach which he developed at Cambridge.[3] Morrill was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and became a fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1975.

    Early life and education

    Morrill was born on 12 June 1946 to William Henry Morrill and Marjorie (née Ashton).

    matriculated into Trinity College, Oxford, to study history.[6] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1967, and a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1971.[4]

    Academic career

    Morrill began his academic career with a number of short term appointments. For the 1970/71 academic year, he was Keasbey Lecturer in history at Trinity College, Oxford. He held a junior research fellowship at Trinity from 1971 to 1974. He was also a college lecturer in history at St Catherine's College, Oxford, for the 1973/74 academic year. Then, from 1974 to 1975, he was a lecturer in modern history at the University of Stirling.[4]

    Although his Stirling post had been a permanent appointment, Morrill moved to the

    professor emeritus by the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Selwyn College.[7]

    He was elected a

    Trinity College, Dublin. He was Chair of the Research Committee of the AHRB (2002–05), and also served as a Vice-President of Royal Historical Society.[citation needed
    ]

    Morrill was President for 10 years of the Cromwell Association, "a body that seeks to promote public knowledge about and interest in Cromwell and his age".[9]

    According to the online Bibliography of British and Irish History, he has published (up to July 2016) 116 books, essays and articles but some of his major contributions have been in developing online datasets – as General Editor of the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History and of the British Overseas (1992–99) — now the online Bibliography of British and Irish History, as Chair of the Management Committee of the project that put 8,000 survivor statements from the 1641 'massacres' in Ireland[10] and as General Editor of an imminent (5 volume and online) edition of all the recorded words of Oliver Cromwell.[citation needed]

    On 6 July 2009, Morrill delivered his lecture 'The British Revolution in the English Provinces, 1640-9' as part of

    The Marc Fitch Lectures.[4][11][12]

    Personal life

    In 1996, Morrill was ordained as a

    Diocese of East Anglia (e.g. Lourdes Pilgrimage Diocean Director, Chair of the Commission for Evangelisation and Assistant Director for Diaconal Formation), and teaches Church History and Pastoral Theology one weekend a month at St John's Seminary, Wonersh
    .

    Works

    References

    1. ^ "Professor John Morrill – Faculty of History". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
    2. ^ "Morrill, John Stephenprofile". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
    3. JSTOR 25530753
      .
    4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Morrill, Rev. Prof. John Stephen, (born 12 June 1946), Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge, 1998–2015, now Emeritus; Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1975, now Emeritus". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020.
    5. ^ a b c "Professor John Morrill". Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
    6. ^ a b "Interview with Professor John Morrill". Making History. The Institute of Historical Research. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
    7. ^ "Emeritus Fellows". Selwyn College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
    8. ^ "Revd Professor John Morrill FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
    9. ^ Profile of Oliver Cromwell by Morrill, BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
    10. ^ http://1641.tcd.ie
    11. ^ "John Morrill on revolt in the provinces – Mercurius Politicus". 14 June 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
    12. ISBN 978-0-19-166726-8
      . Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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