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Brian Sebastian Pullan, FBA (1935 - 16 Dec 2022) was a British historian and academic. He was Full Professor of Modern History at the University of Manchester from 1973 to 1998.

After completing a BA and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, Pullan was appointed to a research fellowship there from 1961 to 1963. He was then elected to a fellowship of Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1963 and also worked as an assistant lecturer (1964–67) and full lecturer (1967–72) at the University of Cambridge. He then moved to the University of Manchester to take up the Chair in modern history in 1973, retiring in 1998. [1] [2]

In 1985, Pullan was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities. [2] He was awarded the Academy's Serena Medal in 1991 [3] and served on the Academy's council from 1990 to 1993. [2]

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References

  1. "Pullan, Prof. Brian Sebastian", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Brian Pullan FBA", The British Academy . Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. "Winners of the Serena Medal" (The British Academy). Retrieved 10 September 2019.