Martin, Geoffrey Haward

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MARTIN, Geoffrey Haward

MARTIN, Geoffrey Haward. British, b. 1928. Genres: History, Intellectual history, Local history/Rural topics, Bibliography. Career: University of Leicester, Lecturer in History, 1952-66, Reader, 1966-73, Professor of History, 1973-82, Pro-Vice Chancellor 1979-82; Merton College, Oxford, Senior Research Fellow, 1990-93; University of Essex, Research Professor of History, 1990-. Hon. General Ed., Suffolk Records Society, 1957-94; Carleton University, Ottawa, Visiting Professor of History, 1958-59, 1967-68; Leicester University Press, Chairman of the Board, 1975-82; Keeper of Public Records, 1982-88; British Records Association, Chairman, 1982-91; Governor, Museum of London, 1987-94; Hon. Visiting Research Fellow, Loughborough University of Technology, and University College London, 1987-95; University of Toronto, Distinguished Visiting Professor of History, 1989; University of Leicester, Hon. Archivist, 1989-. Publications: Early Court Rolls of the Borough of Ipswich, 1954; The Story of Colchester, 1959; The Town, 1961; The British Record Society 1888-1988, 1990; Domesday London, in The Middlesex and London Domesday, 1991; (with P. Connolly) The Dublin Gild Merchant Roll, c. 1190-1265, Dublin, 1992; Portsmouth City Charters, 1194-1974, 1994; Knighton's Chronicle, 1337-96, 1995; (with J.R.L. Highfield) A History of Merton College, Oxford, 1997; John Cordy Jeaffreson and the Ipswich Borough Records in East Anglia's History, 2002. EDITOR: Royal Charters of Grantham, 1463-1688, 1963; (with S. McIntyre) Bibliography of British and Irish Municipal History, 1972; Ipswich Recognizance Rolls, 1294-1327, 1973; (with P. Spufford) The Public Record Office 1838-1988; (with A. Williams) Domesday Book, 2002. Address: 27 Woodside House, Woodside, Wimbledon, London SW19 7QN, England.

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