Mark Whittow

Mark Whittow (August 1957 – 23 December 2017) was a British historian, archaeologist, and academic, specialising in the Byzantine Empire. He was a university lecturer at the University of Oxford and a Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Whittow read Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford and earned a DPhil in Byzantine history and archaeology.[1]

Academic career

Whittow was a research fellow and lecturer at Oriel College and held faculty positions at the University of Reading and at King's College, London before returning to Oxford in 1998 as a fellow of St Peter's College and University Lecturer in History. He became a fellow of Corpus Christi and University Lecturer in Byzantine Studies in 2009.[1][4] He was Senior Proctor of the university for the 2016/2017 academic year.[5] In November 2017, he was announced as the next Provost of Oriel College, Oxford; he was to take up the post in September 2018.[6][7]

Personal life

Whittow was married to Helen, a QC and Deputy High Court Judge.[6]

He died in a car accident in Oxfordshire late in the evening of 23 December 2017.[4]

Selected works

  • The Making of Orthodox Byzantium, 600-1025. Macmillan, 1996. (New Studies in Medieval History) ISBN 978-0333496015
  • "Recent Research on the Late Antique City in Asia Minor: the second half of the 6th c. revisited" in L. Lavan (ed.) Recent Research in Late Antique Urbanism, JRA Supplementary Series 42, Portsmouth, RI, 2001.
  • "Early Medieval Byzantium and the End of the Ancient World", Journal of Agrarian Change, Vol. 9 (2009).
  • "The Middle Byzantine Economy", in J. Shepard (ed.) The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire, Cambridge, 2009.
  • "The Late Roman/Early Byzantine Near East", in The New Cambridge History of Islam I, ed. C. Robinson, Cambridge, 2010.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "President and Fellows: Mark Whittow: University Lecturer and Fellow in Byzantine Studies". Corpus Christi College Oxford. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dr Mark Whittow". Faculty of History, University of Oxford.
  3. ↑ "Professor Mark Whittow: Lecturer in Medieval History". St. John's College Oxford. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 Callum Keown (27 December 2017). "M40 crash victim named locally as leading Oxford professor Mark Whittow". Oxford Mail.
  5. ↑ Tom Powell (27 December 2017). "Tributes paid to 'witty, brilliant' Oxford University professor killed in M40 multi-car crash". London Evening Standard.
  6. 1 2 "Dr Mark Whittow to be Appointed as Oriel's Next Provost". Oriel College. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Badshah, Nadeem (28 December 2017). "Oxford professor Mark Whittow killed in pile‑up". The Times.
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