Edward Miller (historian)
Edward Miller (16 July 1915 – 21 December 2000) was an English historian.
Life [edit]
He was born at Acklington Park, the son of a shepherd. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Morpeth and went on to excel at Cambridge, specialising in mediaeval history. Having grown up on a farm, he was drawn to questions of mediaeval agriculture and the peasants whose labour had sustained the clergy.
After a professorship at the University of Sheffield he returned to Cambridge to be Master of Fitzwilliam College (1971-81), chairing the Victoria County History committee and the History of Parliament Trust.
Works [edit]
With John Hatcher, he wrote Medieval England: Rural Society and Economic Change, 1086-1348 (1978), which soon became a standard work for students. A companion volume by the same authors Medieval England: Towns, Commerce and Crafts, 1086-1348 appeared in 1995. Miller was co-editor of the second edition of volume 2 (1987) of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe and editor of the third volume (1991) of the Agrarian History of England and Wales covering the period 1348-1500.
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| Preceded by Walter Wyatt Grave |
Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 1971–1981 |
Succeeded by J. C. Holt |
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