E. F. Jacob
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Ernest Fraser Jacob | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 1894 |
| Died | 7 October 1971 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Middle Ages |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Medieval History |
| Institutions | |
| Notable students | A. L. Rowse |
Ernest Fraser Jacob (12 September 1894 – 7 October 1971) was a British medievalist and scholar.
Education
He was educated at Twyford School, Winchester College, and then for a period at New College, Oxford - broken by service in World War I. He won a fellowship to All Souls College, Oxford, and taught there and at Christ Church where his pupils included A. L. Rowse.
Professor
He was then Professor of History at Manchester University from 1929 to 1944 before returning to Oxford as Chichele Professor of Modern History at All Souls from 1950 until 1961. He was an able academic politician, and is said to have recruited Sir Lewis Namier to Manchester by reading in his newspaper that Namier had no position, making a phone-call to invite him to take a chair, and only then walking over to tell the Vice-Chancellor of the recruitment. Jacob was a Member of the Chetham Society, serving as a Member of Council from 1931 and as President from 1938 until 1971.[1]
He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (1965–66).[2]
Legacy
Jacob is remembered as the link between the old school of 'structuralist' medievalists, including distinguished names such as William Stubbs, T. F. Tout and F. W. Maitland, and the subsequent school of more socio-political medieval historiography, to which J. S. Roskell, K.B. McFarlane and C. A. J. Armstrong belonged. His professorships at Manchester and Oxford did much to make the two schools England's academic centres for medieval studies.
References
- ^ "Chetham Society: Officers and Council" (PDF). Chetham Society. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
External links
- 1894 births
- 1971 deaths
- People educated at Winchester College
- Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester
- Alumni of New College, Oxford
- Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
- British medievalists
- People educated at Twyford School
- Chichele Professors of Modern History
- 20th-century British historians
- Presidents of the Ecclesiastical History Society