| 词条 | Richard Britnell |
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CareerBritnell was born on 21 April 1944, the son of Ronald Britnell and Edith (née Mason), both of whom were teachers.[3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School[5] and Clare College, Cambridge.[3] After Cambridge, Britnell was appointed a lecturer at Durham University, initially in the economic history department.[3] He later moved to the history department where he was made a professor in 1997 although forced to take early retirement in 2003 due to ill health.[3] However, he continued to work as Emeritus Professor and continued to publish work and be involved in the life of the University and the City.[3] Britnell's academic work dealt with medieval economic history, a field in which he was regarded as a pioneer.[3] He was a prolific author[4] and in 2005 was elected Fellow of the British Academy.[1] His obituary in The Guardian stated that 'Not many academics can be said to have moved the boundaries of their subject, yet no one meeting Richard encountered any pretension or flamboyance'.[3] Family lifeIn 1973, Britnell married to Jenny, a lecturer in French at Durham University; they had two sons.[3] Britnell died on 17 December 2013.[3] Selected publications
References1. ^1 [https://www.dur.ac.uk/history/?itemno=19677 "It is with regret that we announce the death of Richard Britnell on Tuesday 17 December 2013"], Durham University website; retrieved 20 December 2013. 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles/?id=3117|title=Department of History : Staff Profile - Durham University|work=dur.ac.uk|accessdate=10 July 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/dec/26/richard-britnell|title=Richard Britnell obituary|author=Christopher Dyer|work=the Guardian|accessdate=10 July 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85097235/|title=Britnell, R. H.|work=worldcat.org|accessdate=10 July 2015}} 5. ^School of the Black and Red, by A.G. Underwood (1981); updated 2010. P.284 External links
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