Peter Hunter Blair
Peter Hunter Blair (22 March 1912 – 9 September 1982) was an English academic and historian specializing in the Anglo-Saxon period. In 1969 he married the children's author, Pauline Clarke. She edited his Anglo-Saxon Northumbria in 1984.[1]
Hunter Blair was a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Reader in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge.[2]
Selected publications[]
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation and Its Importance Today: Jarrow Lecture 1959. Jarrow Lectures. 1959.
- An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England, with a new introduction by Simon Keynes (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2003 [1956]. ISBN 0-521-53777-0.
- Roman Britain and Early England: 55 B.C. – A.D. 871. Norton Library History of England. Edinburgh & New York: Nelson, W. W. Norton & Company. 1963. ISBN 0-351-15318-7.
- The Coming of Pout. London: Jonathan Cape. 1966.
- The World of Bede. London: Secker & Warburg. 1970. ISBN 0-436-05010-2.
- Northumbria in the Days of Bede. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1976. ISBN 0-575-01840-2.
References[]
- ^ Anglo-Saxon Northumbria Google books
- ^ Peter Hunter Blair, 'Whitby as a Centre of Learning in the Seventh Century', in Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), pp. 3-32 (at p. 3, fn. 1).
Bibligraphy[]
- Clemoes, Peter (1985). "Peter Hunter Blair: 1912–1982" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. British Academy. LXX: 451–461. ISBN 978-0-19-726037-1.
See also[]
External links[]
- Works by or about Peter Hunter Blair in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Peter Hunter Blair at Library of Congress Authorities, with 14 catalogue records
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1982 deaths
- Anglo-Saxon studies scholars
- 20th-century British historians
- British historian stubs