Philip Stell

Professor Philip Michael Stell (14 August 1934 – 29 May 2004) was a British surgeon and historian. After a career in otolaryngology he retired early from his chair at the University of Liverpool and developed a second career as a medieval historian based in York; he was appointed MBE in 2004 "for services to history".

Early life Stell was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, 14 August 1934, and attended Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in York. He qualified in Medicine in 1958 at the University of Edinburgh. He worked in Edinburgh and in St Louis, Missouri, United States, before becoming a consultant in Liverpool in 1965, and professor there in 1979.

He was a talented linguist, fluent in Dutch, German, French, and Spanish, and an Associate of the Institute of Linguists; when lecturing overseas he would speak in the appropriate local language.