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| ProfessorDavid d'AvrayFBA FRHistS | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1952-02-03) 3 February 1952 (age 72) Lusaka, Zambia |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
| Spouse |
Julia Walworth (m. 1985) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Benedict's School, Ealing |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge Balliol College, Oxford |
| Thesis | The transformation of the medieval sermon (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard William Hunt |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University College London Jesus College, Oxford |
David Levesley d'Avray FBA FRHistS is a British historian specialising in the religious and social history of the Middle Ages. He is Emeritus Professor of History at University College London and Supernumerary Fellow in History at Jesus College, Oxford.
Academic career
D'Avray was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing before beginning his undergraduate studies at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1970. He completed his doctoral studies at Balliol College, Oxford in 1976, where his supervisor was Richard William Hunt. He then spent a year as the Michael Foster Memorial Scholar at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich before joining University College London as a Lecturer in History in 1977. He was promoted to Reader in History in 1993 and Professor of History in 1996, retiring in 2019. He returned to the University of Oxford as a Supernumerary Fellow in History at Jesus College in 2022.
Honours and awards
D'Avray was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1991 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. In 2016 he was a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
Personal life
D'Avray is married to Julia Walworth, Fellow Librarian at Merton College, Oxford.
References
- "Professor David L. d'Avray FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "David Levesley d'Avray". Pontifico Comitato di Scienze Storiche. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- d'Avray, D. L. (1985). The Preaching of the Friars: Sermons Diffused from Paris Before 1300. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. vii. ISBN 0-19-822772-8.
- ^ "Professor David d'Avray". Jesus College, Oxford. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- Shadbolt, Nigel (2022). "The Principal's Welcome". The Jesus College Record: 5.
- d'Avray, David (2005). Medieval Marriage: Symbolism and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. vii. ISBN 9780198208211.