Jonathan Riley-Smith
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Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith GCStJ FRHistS |
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Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History University of Cambridge |
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In office 1994–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher N. L. Brooke |
| Succeeded by | David Maxwell |
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Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith 27 June 1938 |
| Died | 13 September 2016 (aged 78) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith, GCStJ, FRHistS (27 June 1938 – 13 September 2016) was a historian of the Crusades, and a former Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History. He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his BA (1960), MA (1964), PhD (1964), and LittD (2001).
During his career, he taught at the University of St Andrews, Queens' College, Cambridge, Royal Holloway College, London as well as at Trinity College. His many respected publications on the origins of the crusading movement and the motivations of the first crusaders deeply influenced the current historiography of the crusades.
He was a Knight of Grace and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Riley-Smith was married to Louise, an artist, and was a convert to Catholicism. Riley-Smith and his wife had three children, including singer-songwriter Polly Paulusma. He died on 13 September 2016.
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