Brian Tierney (medievalist)
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Brian Tierney DFC & Bar (May 7, 1922 – November 30, 2019) was an English historian and a medievalist. He was a member of the faculty of the Catholic University of America for eight years until becoming professor of medieval history at Cornell University in 1959, becoming the Goldwin Smith Professor of Medieval History in 1969. He was the first Bowmar Professor of Humanistic Studies in 1977.[1]
Tierney was born in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. He died on November 30, 2019 at his home in Ithaca, New York at the age of 97.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Notable Cornell Medievalists Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Brian Tierney Obituary". Legacy.com. November 30, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.