Simon Keynes facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Simon Keynes
|
|
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1952 Cambridge, England
|
| Education | King's College School, Cambridge The Leys School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD, LittD) |
| Occupation | Academic, historian, antiquarian |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Dorothy Whitelock |
Simon Douglas Keynes (born September 23, 1952) is a British historian. He is a retired professor of Anglo-Saxon studies at the University of Cambridge. He also served as a fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Who is Simon Keynes?
Simon Keynes was born in Cambridge, England. He is part of a famous family. His great-great-grandfather was Charles Darwin, who developed the theory of evolution. His granduncle was John Maynard Keynes, a very important economist.
Simon Keynes went to King's College School, Cambridge and The Leys School. Later, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (BA), PhD, and LittD degrees there.
What Did He Study?
Simon Keynes is an expert in Anglo-Saxon studies. This means he studies the history, language, and culture of England from about 450 AD to 1066 AD. This period is when the Anglo-Saxons lived in England.
He became a lecturer in Anglo-Saxon History at Cambridge in 1978. Later, he became a reader in 1992. From 1999 to 2019, he was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon. This is a very important teaching position.
He has been a fellow of Trinity College since 1976. From 1999 to 2006, he led the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at the University of Cambridge.
His Contributions and Awards
Simon Keynes is a member of several important groups. These include the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the British Academy. These groups recognize top historians and researchers.
He also helped edit a journal called Anglo-Saxon England. He was also on the team for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography from 1993 to 2004. This dictionary contains biographies of important people from British history.
In 2017, a special book was written in his honor, called Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England. This kind of book is called a Festschrift. He retired from his professorship in 2019.
Selected Books
Simon Keynes has written and helped write many books about Anglo-Saxon history. Here are a few examples:
- The Diplomas of King Aethelred The Unready (978–1016): A Study in Their Use as Historical Evidence, 1980
- Alfred the Great: Asser’s Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources, 1983 (he translated and wrote notes for this book with M. Lapidge)
- Facsimiles of Anglo-Saxon Charters, 1991
- The Liber Vitae of the New Minster and Hyde Abbey Winchester, 1996
