John Nightingale (academic)

• Middle Ages
• Church history
• Carolingian Empire
• Lotharingia

John Nightingale
Born	John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale (1960-09-07) 7 September 1960 (age 65)
Occupations	Historian and academic
Academic background
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford Merton College, Oxford
Thesis	Monasteries and their patrons in the dioceses of Trier, Metz and Toul, circa 850-1000 (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Karl Leyser
Institutions	Magdalen College, Oxford

John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale, Baron of Cromarty (born 7 September 1960) is a British academic. He is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford, ^[1] and Tutorial Fellow in History at Magdalen College. ^[2]

Biography

Nightingale was born 7 September 1960.^{[ citation needed ]} He is married to Lucy Fergusson, a partner at Linklaters LLP. ^{[3] [ failed verification ]}

He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England and also graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a Master of Arts and later with a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.). At Merton College, Oxford, he was the Harmsworth Senior Research Scholar between 1984 and 1986, and was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow from 1989 to 1992. ^{[4] [ failed verification ]} In 1986, he became a Fellow of Magdalen College and later, from 1993, a Tutor of Modern History. ^{[2] [ failed verification ]} He was Assessor of the University of Oxford from 2008 to 2009 and a member of its governing council from 2008 to 2014. ^{[5] [ not specific enough to verify ]} He is the current Baron of Cromarty in the Baronage of Scotland.^{[ citation needed ]}

Bibliography

• Hidden Magdalen (2008) (associate editor)
• Monasteries and Patrons in the Gorze Reform: Lotharingia c.850-1000 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
• 'Oswald, Fleury and Continental Reform', in Nicholas Brooks and Catherine Cubitt, eds., St Oswald of Worcester: Life and Influence (London and New York: Leicester University Press, 1996), pp. 23-45
• 'Bishop Gerard of Toul (963-94) and Attitudes to Episcopal Office', in Timothy Reuter, ed., Warriors and Churchmen in the High Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Karl Leyser (London: Hambledon Press, 1992), pp. 41-62

References

1. "Dr John Nightingale". Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
2. "Professor John Nightingale | Magdalen College Oxford". magd.ox.ac.uk.
3. "Lucy Fergusson | Lawyers |". linklaters.com.
4. "Postdoctoral Fellowships". thebritishacademy.ac.uk.
5. University of Oxford Calendar

Baronage of Scotland
Preceded by Michael Nightingale (father)	Baron of Cromarty 1998-present	Succeeded by Incumbent