R. I. Moore

R.I. Moore
Born Robert Ian Moore
(1941-05-08) 8 May 1941
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Institutions Sheffield University
Newcastle University
Alma mater Merton College, Oxford
Known for Study of Heresy in Medieval History; comparative world history
Notable awards Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
Website
http://rimoore.net

(Robert Ian) "Bob" Moore (born 8 May 1941),[1] most commonly known as R. I. Moore, is a Northern Irish Professor Emeritus of History at Newcastle University. He specialises in medieval history, and has written several influential works on the subject of heresy.[2] Moore was a pioneer in the U.K. of the teaching of world history to undergraduate students, has published numerous papers on comparative world history, and is series editor of the Blackwell History of the World.

Biography

Moore was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Merton College, Oxford in 1962,[1] and his Masters from Oxford in 1966. From 1964–1994 he taught Medieval History at the University of Sheffield, then moving to the Newcastle University, where he remained until 2003.[3] He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago in 1989, and the University of California at Berkeley in 2004.[4]

Selected works

Books

Historical atlas edited
US title, Rand McNally Atlas of World History (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1981; revised 1983). Associate editors, Maps copyright Creative Cartography, Hamlyn, and Rand McNally.

Papers

Fellowships

References

  1. 1 2 Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 516.
  2. Frassetto, Michael, ed. (2006). Heresy and the persecuting society in the Middle Age: Essays on the work of R. I. Moore. Brill. ISBN 9789004150980. ISSN 1573-5664.
  3. "Emeritus Professor Robert Moore". School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Newcastle University. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. "Visiting Scholars". Program in medieval studies, University of California, Berkeley. Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. "RHS Fellows – M" (PDF). The Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. "Institute Alumni". Institute for Advanced Study. The Trustees of Indiana University. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. "Corresponding Fellows". The Medieval Academy of America. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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