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English historian (1911–2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank Barlow CBE FBA FRSL (19 April 1911 – 27 June 2009[1]) was an English historian, known particularly for biographies of medieval figures. His subjects included Edward the Confessor, Thomas Becket and William Rufus.
Barlow was born in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. Both his parents were teachers. Barlow attended Newcastle-under-Lyme High School. He earned a scholarship to study History at St John's College, Oxford.[2]
Barlow was Professor of History at the University of Exeter from 1953 until he retired in 1976 and became Emeritus Professor.[3] He was a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature,[4] and was appointed commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours "for services to the study of English medieval history".[5]
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