Francis Wormald

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Francis Wormald CBE FBA FSA (1904 - 11 January 1972) was a British educator who served as director of the Institute of Historical Research from 1960 to 1967. [1]

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References

  1. Brown, T. J.; Turner, D. H. (1972). "Francis Wormald, 1904–72". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research. 45 (111): 1–6. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1972.tb01447.x.