John Morrill (historian)

John Stephen Morrill (born 12 June 1946)[1][2] is a British historian and academic who specializes in the political, religious, social, and cultural history of early-modern Britain from 1500-1750, especially the English Civil War. He is known for his county studies approach.[3]

Career

Morrill was educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Cheshire, and at Trinity College, Oxford, receiving his B. A. in 1967 and D. Phil. in 1971. In 1974 he was a lecturer at Stirling University before moving to Cambridge University in 1975 as lecturer, reader and professor. He has been a fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge since 1975, and was director of studies in history in 1975-92, tutor in 1979-92, Admissions Tutor in 1982-87, in Senior Tutor in 1987-92, in and Vice Master in 1992-2001. He was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995, and served as vice president in 2001-09.

He is also an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Academy of Finland, holds honorary degrees from several universities, and is an Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and Trinity College, Dublin. He was Vice President of the British Academy (2000–09), Chair of the Research Committee of the AHRB (2002-5), and also served as a Vice President of Royal Historical Society and was Deputy Director of CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (2001–04).

Morrill was president for 10 years of the Cromwell Association, "a body that seeks to promote public knowledge about and interest in Cromwell and his age".[4]

According to the online Bibliography of British and Irish History, he has published (up to July 2016) 116 books, essays and articles but some of his major contributions have been in developing online datasets—as General Editor of the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History and of the British Overseas (1992-9) -- now the online Bibliography of British and Irish History, as Chair of the Management Committee of the project that put 8,000 survivor statements from the 1641 'massacres' in Ireland and as General Editor of an imminent (5 volume and online) edition of all the recorded words of Oliver Cromwell.

Personal life

Morrill was married to Frances (nee Mead) from 1968 until her death in 2005 and he has four daughters and five grandchildren. Morrill is a permanent deacon in the Roman Catholic Church, and holds several senior positions in the Diocese of East Anglia (e.g. Chair of the Commission for Evangelisation and Assistant Director for Diaconal Formation) and he teaches Church history and pastoral theology one weekend a month at St John's Seminary, Wonersh.

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Professor John Morrill — Faculty of History". Hist.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Morrill, J. S. (John Stephen) (1946-) - People and organisations - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  3. ↑ Sarah Barber (April 1997). "The Scottish Historical Review Vol. 76, No. 201, Part 1: 'Writing Scotland's History': Proceedings of the 1996 Edinburgh Conference". The Scottish Historical Review. pp. 138–140. JSTOR 25530753.
  4. ↑ Profile of Oliver Cromwell by Morrill, bbc.co.uk; accessed 7 April 2015.
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