Richard Barber
British historian · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1941 · age 85
Richard William Barber is a British historian who has published several books about medieval history and literature. His book The Knight and Chivalry, about the interplay between history and literature, won the Somerset Maugham Award, a British literary prize, in 1971.
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1978Fellow of the Society of AntiquariesAward1971Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAwardSomerset Maugham AwardAward1941Born30 October 1941
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A similarly-themed 2004 book, The Holy Grail: Imagination and Belief, was widely praised in the UK press, and received major reviews in The New York Times and The New Republic.
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Born 1941 · age 85
