John Nightingale (academic)

John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale, Baron of Cromarty (born 7 September 1960) is a British academic. He is Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford,^[1] and Tutorial Fellow in History at Magdalen College.^[2]

John Nightingale
Born	John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale (1960-09-07) 7 September 1960 (age 64)
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Historian and academic
Spouse	Lucy Fergusson
Children	1[citation needed]
Academic background
Education	Winchester College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford Merton College, Oxford
Thesis	Monasteries and their patrons in the dioceses of Trier, Metz and Toul, circa 850-1000 (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Karl Leyser
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Middle Ages Church history Carolingian Empire Lotharingia
Institutions	Magdalen College, Oxford

Biography

Nightingale was born 7 September 1960, the son of Michael and Hilary Nightingale. He is married to Lucy Fergusson, daughter of Drs. Patrick and Alison Fergusson, a partner at Linklaters LLP.^{[3][failed verification]}

He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England and also graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a Master of Arts and later with a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.). At Merton College, Oxford, he was the Harmsworth Senior Research Scholar between 1984 and 1986, and was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow from 1989 to 1992.^{[4][failed verification]} In 1986, he became a Fellow of Magdalen College and later, from 1993, a Tutor of Modern History.^{[2][failed verification]} He was Assessor of the University of Oxford from 2008 to 2009 and a member of its governing council from 2008 to 2014.^{[5][not specific enough to verify]} He is the current Baron of Cromarty in the Baronage of Scotland.^{[citation needed]}

He was an elected Fellow of the Governing Body of Winchester College from 2002 to 2017.^{[6][failed verification]}

Bibliography

• Hidden Magdalen (2008) (associate editor)
• Monasteries and Patrons in the Gorze Reform: Lotharingia c.850-1000 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
• 'Oswald, Fleury and Continental Reform', in Nicholas Brooks and Catherine Cubitt, eds., St Oswald of Worcester: Life and Influence (London and New York: Leicester University Press, 1996), pp. 23-45
• 'Bishop Gerard of Toul (963-94) and Attitudes to Episcopal Office', in Timothy Reuter, ed., Warriors and Churchmen in the High Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Karl Leyser (London: Hambledon Press, 1992), pp. 41-62