About John Lister Illingworth Fennell
Lived 1918 – 1992 (aged 73–74). John Lister Illingworth Fennell was a British historian, university teacher and slavist.
John Lister Illingworth Fennell (30 May 19189 August 1992) was a British historian of medieval Russian history and of Russian literature. He was Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford from 1967 to 1985.
Education and career Fennell was educated at Radley College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read modern languages and completed MA (Cantab) and PhD degrees.
Martin Dimnik said of Fennell, "His achievements are unrivaled in the West, and almost so in the Soviet Union and Russia".
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British historian (1918–1992)
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John Lister Illingworth Fennell was born in 1918.
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John Lister Illingworth Fennell died in 1992 in Oxford.
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John Lister Illingworth Fennell was a historian, university teacher and slavist.
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