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John Morrill (historian)

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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
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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
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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
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On 6 July 2009, Morrill delivered his lecture 'The British Revolution in the English Provinces, 1640-9' as part of
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in early modern history in 1992, and professor of British and Irish history in 1998. He was deputy director of the
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and as General Editor of an imminent (5 volume and online) edition of all the recorded words of Oliver Cromwell.
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Morrill was born on 12 June 1946 to William Henry Morrill and Marjorie (nÊe Ashton). He was educated at
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Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown: Dynastic Crises in Tudor and Stewart Britain, 1504–1746
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Revolt of the Provinces: Conservatives and Radicals in the English Civil War, 1630–1650
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from 1992 to 2001. Having retired in 2015 from full-time academia, he was appointed
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Firmly I Believe and Truly: The Spiritual Tradition of Catholic England, 1483–1999
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Although his Stirling post had been a permanent appointment, Morrill moved to the
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The Nature of the English Revolution Revisited: Essays in Honour of John Morrill
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Revolt in the Provinces: The English People and the Tragedies of War, 1634–1648
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The British Problem, ca. 1534–1707: State Formation in the Atlantic Archipelago
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The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638–1660
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in 1975, having been appointed an assistant lecturer (later lecturer) in its
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The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution edited by Michael J. Braddick
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and ordained as a priest on Saturday the 21st of September 2024 at the
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by the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Selwyn College.
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Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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The Civil War and Interregnum: Sources for Local Historians
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain
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and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as
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People educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
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at Trinity from 1971 to 1974. He was also a college
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Lecture on "Why the King James Bible was Necessary"
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The Reverend
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Early modern history
Early modern Britain
English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
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cultural history
Trinity College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, Oxford
University of Stirling
Faculty of History
University of Cambridge
Selwyn College, Cambridge
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