Mark Whittow (24 August 1957[1] – 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.[2][3][4]
Mark Whittow | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 December 2017 | (aged 60)
Academic background | |
Education | Trinity College, Oxford |
Thesis | Social and Political Structures in the Maeander Region of Western Asia Minor on the Eve of the Turkish Invasions (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | James Howard-Johnston |
Academic work | |
Institutions | |
Notable works | The Making of Orthodox Byzantium, 600–1025 |
Whittow was born in Cambridge.[5] He attended Lord Wandsworth College in Long Sutton, Hampshire.[6] From 1976 he read Modern History at Trinity College, Oxford, and in 1987 earned a DPhil in Byzantine history and archaeology.[2]
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.[2][7] He was Senior Proctor of the university for the 2016/2017 academic year.[8] In November 2017, he was announced as the next Provost of Oriel College, Oxford; he was to take up the post in September 2018.[9][10]
Whittow was married to Helen Malcolm, a QC and Deputy High Court Judge.[9]
He died in a car accident in Oxfordshire on the evening of 23 December 2017, aged 60.[7]