J.C. Holt
| James Clarke Holt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 April 1922 North Bierley (Bradford), Yorkshire |
| Died | 9 April 2014 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Historian |
| Institutions | University of Oxford; University of Nottingham; University of Reading; University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Bradford Grammar School; Oxford University |
Sir James Clarke ("Jim") Holt, FBA (26 April 1922 – 9 April 2014) was an English medieval historian, known particularly for his work on Magna Carta. He was the third Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, serving between 1981 and 1988.
Educated at Bradford Grammar School, Holt's studies at The Queen's College, Oxford were interrupted by war service with the British Army, including 14 months in north-west Europe in 1944-45. Returning to The Queen's College in 1945, he graduated with a first class degree in History in 1947, and subsequently took his DPhil with a thesis titled The 'northern' barons under John in 1952, at Merton College, Oxford.
He held the positions of Lecturer (1949–62) and then Professor of Medieval History (1962–65) at the University of Nottingham, Professor of History at the University of Reading (1965–78) and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge from 1978 until his retirement in 1988. From 1981 until 1988 he served as the Master of Fitzwilliam College.
He died on 9 April 2014, aged 91.
Holt became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1978 and was its Vice President from 1987 - 1989, was president of the Royal Historical Society (1981–1985), and was knighted for his work as an historian.
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