Richard Sharpe (historian)

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Richard Sharpe,

MRIA (17 February 1954 – 22 March 2020)[1][2][3] was a British historian and academic, who was Professor of Diplomatic at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. His broad interests were the history of medieval England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. He had a special concern with first-hand work on the primary sources of medieval history, including the practices of palaeography, diplomatic and the editorial process, as well as the historical and legal contexts of medieval documents. He was the general editor of the Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, and editor of a forthcoming edition of the charters of King Henry I of England.[4][5]

Biography

Sharpe studied at

Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic for Part II, where he studied with, amongst others, Simon Keynes, Kathleen Hughes and Michael Lapidge. He graduated with a first in 1977, and published his first book, a history of Raasay the same year.[6][7] Sharpe stayed in the ASNaC department for his PhD, on Latin-language Irish hagiography, which was the basis for his 1991 Medieval Irish Saints' Lives: an introduction to 'Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae'.[8][9] From 1981 to 1990, Sharpe was an assistant editor of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources.[10]

As the University of Oxford's 2018–2019 Lyell Reader in Bibliography, Sharpe delivered that year's Lyell Lectures on the topic of "Libraries and Books in Medieval England: The Role of Libraries in a Changing Book Economy".[11][12] He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2003,[13] and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2018.[14][15] In 2020, he was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.[16]

Publications

Books as author

References

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  2. ^ "Professor Richard Sharpe (1954–2020)". Wadham College. University of Oxford. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ Ramsay, Nigel (5 May 2020). "Richard Sharpe obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Professor Richard Sharpe". University of Oxford History Faculty. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Richard Sharpe". University of Oxford History Faculty. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. (Staff profile on former website with links to some publications.)
  6. ^ Thomas Charles-Edwards, 'Tribute to Professor Richard Sharpe (1954-2020)' (2 April 2020).
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  8. ^ "Richard Sharpe, Professorial Fellow, Wadham College". Wadham College University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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  10. ^ Richard Ashdowne, 'Richard Sharpe', DMLBS: Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (23 March 2020).
  11. ^ "The Lyell Lectures". Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Series featuring Richard Sharpe". The Bodleian Libraries BODcasts. University of Oxford. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Professor Richard Sharpe FBA". The British Academy. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Member Profile: Richard Sharpe". The Royal Irish Academy. 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  15. ^ "27 New Members elected to the Academy". Royal Irish Academy. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  16. ^ "MAA News – MAA Fellows Election Results". Medieval Academy of America. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Surtees Society
2002–20 		Succeeded by
Angus J. L. Winchester
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