Barrie Dobson
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Richard Barrie Dobson, FSA, FRHistS, FBA (3 November 1931 – 29 March 2013) was an English historian who was a leading authority on the legend of Robin Hood as well as a scholar of ecclesiastical and Jewish history. He served as Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge from 1988 to 1999.
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Born | Richard Barrie Dobson (1931-11-03)3 November 1931 Stockton-on-Tees, England |
Died | 29 March 2013(2013-03-29) (aged 81) York, England |
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Narda Leon (m. 1959) |
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Thesis | The Priory of Durham Priory in the Time of John Wessington, Prior 1416–1446 (1962) |
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Discipline | Historian |
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Main interests | Robin Hood |
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