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John Blair
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John Blair
Aliases:
William John Blair
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-03-04 （Woking, Surrey, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Woking, Surrey, England → Oxford, England
Career
- Occupations
- historian, archaeologist, academic
- Active Years
- 1976-2020
- Affiliations
- The Queen's College, Oxford, University of Oxford
- Memberships
- Society of Antiquaries of London, British Academy
- Influenced By
- Claude Blair
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's School, Leatherhead | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Brasenose College, Oxford | — | History | BA | 1970年代 | United Kingdom |
| Brasenose College, Oxford | — | History | DPhil | — | United Kingdom |
St John's School, Leatherhead
Country:
United Kingdom
Brasenose College, Oxford
History
Degree:
BA
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United Kingdom
First-class honours
Brasenose College, Oxford
History
Degree:
DPhil
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
United Kingdom
Thesis: Landholding, Church and Settlement in Surrey before 1300, advisor: Barbara Harvey
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) | — | — | Society of Antiquaries of London | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) | — | — | British Academy | 受賞 |
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA)
1983
Organization:
Society of Antiquaries of London
Result:
受賞
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
2008
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Anglo-Saxon Age: a very short introduction
2000 HistoryA very short introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age.
Anglo-Saxon EnglandEarly Medieval History
The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society
2005 HistoryExplores the role of the church in Anglo-Saxon society.
ChurchAnglo-Saxon
Building Anglo-Saxon England
2018 HistoryMajor work on the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England.
LandscapeSettlementChurch
Bibliography
- Early Medieval Surrey: Landholding, Church and Settlement before 1300 (1991)
- Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire (1994)
- The Anglo-Saxon Age: a very short introduction (2000)
- The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society (2005)
- Waterways and Canal-building in Medieval England (2007, ed.)
- The British Culture of Anglo-Saxon Settlement (2013)
- The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (2014, co-ed.)
- Building Anglo-Saxon England (2018)
- Planning in the Early Medieval Landscape (2020, co-author)
- Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed archival analysisIntegration of archaeological evidenceScholarly prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Anglo-Saxon landscapesChurch and settlement formationLandholding
Legacy
Leading authority on Anglo-Saxon England, history and archaeology. Emeritus Professor at Oxford, delivered Ford Lectures.
Trivia
- Father is Claude Blair, renowned expert on historic arms and armour.
- Married Kanerva Heikkinen in 2005; two children.