About T. A. M. Bishop
Lived 1907 – 1994 (aged 86). T. A. M. Bishop was a scientist.
Terence Alan Martyn Bishop, (10 November 1907 – 29 March 1994), known as Alan Bishop and T. A. M. Bishop, was a British palaeographer, historian, and academic, specialising in the Middle Ages. From 1947 to 1973, he was Reader in Palaeography and Diplomatic at the University of Cambridge.
Biography Bishop was born on 10 November 1907 in Pebsham, Sussex, England. He saw active service in West Africa. He was promoted to captain in 1944.
Bishop was a lecturer in medieval history at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1946 to 1947. He was then Reader in Palaeography and Diplomatic in the Department of History, University of Cambridge from 1947 to 1973.
Honours In 1971, Bishop was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
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Who was T. A. M. Bishop?
British palaeographer and historian
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T. A. M. Bishop was born on 10 November 1907.
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T. A. M. Bishop died on 29 March 1994.
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T. A. M. Bishop was a scientist.
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