Professor Richard Sharpe FBA

Palaeography; Manuscript Studies; Diplomatic History of Britain and Ireland; Medieval History
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2003
Year of birth
1954
Year of death
2020
Subjects
Medieval studies

Summary

Richard Sharpe was Professor of Diplomatic at Wadham College, University of Oxford. In 2018 he was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy.

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