Nicholas Orme

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Nicholas Orme
Born1942 (age 8283)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
TitleProfessor of History
Academic background
Alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford
Institutions University of Exeter
Nicholas Orme (2015)

Nicholas Orme FSA [1] FRHistS [2] (born 1942) is a British historian specialising in the Middle Ages and Tudor period, focusing on the history of children, and ecclesiastical history, with a particular interest in South West England.

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Orme is an emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and has worked as a visiting scholar at, among others, Merton College, Oxford, St John's College, Oxford, and the University of Arizona. [3] He retired on 31 May 2007 [4] and is a canon of the Church of England. [5]

His 2021 book, Going to Church in Medieval England, was shortlisted for the 2022 Wolfson History Prize. [6]

Orme was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1973 and of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1982. [7]

In addition to his scholarly works, Orme has published Ten Cathedral Ghosts (2022), a volume of historically themed ghost stories in the tradition of M. R. James and A. N. L. Munby.

Selected works

Works as editor or collaborator

For a more extensive list of Orme's publications, see School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Exeter Website and the University Library Catalogue

References

  1. "Prof Nicholas Orme". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. "List of Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. "Guest information". Mars Hill Audio website. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007.
  4. "HuSS Intranet". intranet.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. Orme, Nicholas (28 May 2008). "The truth about chapels in churches". Church Times. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. "£50k Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. "Professor Nicholas Orme". University of Exeter. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Accessed 29 February 2024.
  9. "Boydell & Brewer Publishers". boydellandbrewer.com.