Peter Anthony Linehan, FBA (11 July 1943 – 9 July 2020) was a British historian of medieval Spain. [1] [2] [3]
He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, where he was Dean of Discipline, [4] and a fellow of the British Academy. [5] [3]
Linehan was born in Mortlake, London, the son of a brokerage clerk and a teacher, and attended St Benedict's School, Ealing. [6] He first visited Spain in 1959. [7] He joined St John's College in 1961 as an undergraduate to study History. He remained at St John's where he became a research fellow in 1966. [6] [8] He completed his PhD on "Reform and reaction: the Spanish kingdoms and the Papacy in the thirteenth century", under the supervision of Walter Ullmann. [6] This won the Thirlwall Prize and Seeley medal for 1970-1, and formed the basis for his first book, "The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century" (1971). [4] [9]
At St John's, Linehan served as a Tutor, Tutor for Graduate Affairs, Director of Studies in History three times, and Dean of Discipline for 11 years. [10] [8]
Linehan was influenced by Walter Ullmann, Christopher Cheney, Raymond Carr, Geoffrey Barraclough, and his tutor Ronald Robinson. [11] [12]
He became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1971 [6] [13] and a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia in 1996. [6] [3] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2002. [5] In 2018, he was awarded an honorary degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid. [7] [14]
He died in 2020 aged 76 from heart disease. [11] He was survived by his wife and their three children. [4]
Peter Anthony Linehan, FBA (11 July 1943 – 9 July 2020) was a British historian of medieval Spain. [1] [2] [3]
He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, where he was Dean of Discipline, [4] and a fellow of the British Academy. [5] [3]
Linehan was born in Mortlake, London, the son of a brokerage clerk and a teacher, and attended St Benedict's School, Ealing. [6] He first visited Spain in 1959. [7] He joined St John's College in 1961 as an undergraduate to study History. He remained at St John's where he became a research fellow in 1966. [6] [8] He completed his PhD on "Reform and reaction: the Spanish kingdoms and the Papacy in the thirteenth century", under the supervision of Walter Ullmann. [6] This won the Thirlwall Prize and Seeley medal for 1970-1, and formed the basis for his first book, "The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century" (1971). [4] [9]
At St John's, Linehan served as a Tutor, Tutor for Graduate Affairs, Director of Studies in History three times, and Dean of Discipline for 11 years. [10] [8]
Linehan was influenced by Walter Ullmann, Christopher Cheney, Raymond Carr, Geoffrey Barraclough, and his tutor Ronald Robinson. [11] [12]
He became a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1971 [6] [13] and a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia in 1996. [6] [3] He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2002. [5] In 2018, he was awarded an honorary degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid. [7] [14]
He died in 2020 aged 76 from heart disease. [11] He was survived by his wife and their three children. [4]