Richard Rex

Richard Rex (born 27 January 1961) is a British historian.

Rex was born in Ipswich. Following his doctorate he was a research fellow at St John's College, Cambridge, and a lecturer and reader at the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge. and is also the Polkinghorne Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he is Director of Studies in Theological and Religious Studies, Tutor for graduate students, and Deputy Senior Tutor.

He edited the editio princeps of Thomas Swinnerton's Tropes and Figures from a manuscript.

Books and publications

The Theology of John Fisher – 1991 Henry VIII and the English Reformation – 1993 The Lollards – 2002 Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge 1502 - 1649 – 2003 A Reformation rhetoric Thomas Swynnerton's The tropes and figures of scripture – 2004 The Tudors – 2006 The Making of Martin Luther – 2017