Sir F. M. Powicke
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| Born | Frederick Maurice Powicke (1879-06-16)16 June 1879
Alnwick, England
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| Died | 19 May 1963(1963-05-19) (aged 83)
Oxford, England
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| Other names | Maurice Powicke |
| Title | Regius Professor of Modern History (1928–1947) |
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Susan Irvine Martin (m. 1909) |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor (1946) |
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| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | English medieval history |
| Institutions | Merton College, Oxford Queen's University, Belfast Victoria University of Manchester |
| Doctoral students | Richard William Hunt Beryl Smalley[1] James Lydon (historian) |
| Notable students | Margaret Wade Labarge Kathleen Major |
| Influenced | C. R. Cheney[2] William Abel Pantin[3] R. W. Southern[1] |
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke FBA FRHistS (16 June 1879 – 19 May 1963) was an English medieval historian. He was a fellowofMerton College, Oxford, a professor at Queen's University, Belfast, and the Victoria University of Manchester, and from 1928 until his retirement Regius Professor at the University of Oxford. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1946.
Powicke was born on 16 June 1879 in Alnwick, the son of Frederick James Powicke, a Congregational minister and historian of 17th-century puritanism, and Martha, the youngest daughter of William Collyer of Brigstock.[4] Powicke was educated at Owens College, Manchester, where he took his first degree, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took another with first-class honours.[5]
From 1908 to 1915 he was a FellowofMerton College, Oxford,[6] although in 1909 he was appointed as Professor of Modern History in the Queen's University, Belfast, where he remained for ten years. From 1919 to 1928 he was Professor of Mediæval History at the Victoria University of Manchester, and during his time in Manchester he was a member of the Chetham Society and served on its council from 1920 to 1933.[7] He also served as Ford's Lecturer in English History at Oxford for 1927. In 1928 he became Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, remaining in post until 1947. He was President of the Royal Historical Society from 1933 to 1937.[5]
He was a tough, difficult man, small in build. At Oxford, he was determined to reinvigorate history there and made the university the leading centre in the England for historical study.[4]
Powicke was the author of the volume The Thirteenth Century in the Oxford History of England.[5]
In 1909, Powicke married Susan Irvine Martin, daughter of Anna and Thomas Martin Lindsay. Together they had two daughters.[5] Their daughter Janet married the historian Richard Pares.
He died in the Radcliffe InfirmaryinOxford on 19 May 1963.
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| Preceded by | Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford 1928–1947 |
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| Preceded by | President of the Royal Historical Society 1933–1937 |
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| Preceded by | President of the Surtees Society 1953–61 |
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