John Morrill (historian)

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John Morrill FBA (born 1946) is a British historian. He specialises in the political, religious, social and cultural histories of early-modern Britain.[1]

He was educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Cheshire. He is Professor of British and Irish history at Cambridge University, Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British Academy.[2] According to the BBC he was President of the Cromwell Association, "a body that seeks to promote public knowledge about and interest in Cromwell and his age" for 10 years.[3]

Personal life

Morrill serves as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church

Bibliography

  • Revolt of the Provinces, Allen & Unwin, 1976 ISBN 0-06-494975-3
  • Reactions to the English Civil War, 1642-1649, Palgrave Macmillan, 1984 ISBN 0-312-66443-5
  • Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution, Longman, 1990 ISBN 0-582-01675-4
  • The Impact of the English Civil Wars, Collins & Brown, 1991 ISBN 1-85585-042-7
  • The Nature of the English Revolution, Longman, 1993 ISBN 0-582-08941-7
  • The British Problem: 1534-1707, Palgrave Macmillan, 1996 ISBN 0-333-59245-X
  • The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain, Clarendon Press, 1996 ISBN 0-19-820325-X
  • Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford Paperbacks 2000 ISBN 0-19-285400-3

References

  1. ^ Profile at Cambridge University website
  2. ^ Professor John Morrill, Cambridge University, retrieved 15 May 2012
  3. ^ BBC interview

External links

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