Maurice Beresford was Professor of Economic History at the University of Leeds.
20 Facts About Maurice Beresford
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Maurice Beresford was the only child of Harry Bertram Beresford and Nora Elizabeth Beresford.
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Maurice Beresford's father died in 1934, aged 46, and Maurice's mother continued to live with him until her death in 1966, aged 79.
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From 1930 to 1938, Maurice Beresford was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, a state grammar school in Sutton Coldfield.
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Maurice Beresford was successful at school, becoming a prefect, school librarian and editor of the school newspaper.
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In 1937, Maurice Beresford sat a joint entrance exam in history for six of the University of Cambridge's colleges and was awarded an exhibition at his fifth choice, Jesus College.
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Maurice Beresford studied for the history tripos under Bernard Manning and Charles Wilson, and took a First in part I After doing so well, he was awarded a minor scholarship for the rest of his degree.
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Maurice Beresford specialised in the medieval period for Part II, and took part in an economic history seminar run by John Saltmarsh.
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Maurice Beresford passed part II and his degree with first class honours.
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Maurice Beresford graduated from Cambridge with a BA in 1941, later promoted to an MA.
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In September 1939, with the start of the Second World War, Maurice Beresford registered as a conscientious objector.
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Maurice Beresford was exempted from military service in April 1940 on the condition that he continued his studies.
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Maurice Beresford began his academic career not at a university but in adult education.
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Maurice Beresford was Sub-Warden and then Warden of Percival Guildhouse, an adult education centre and charity in Rugby, Warwickshire.
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Maurice Beresford continued his research, including studying the local area through RAF aerial photography and old maps to rebuild the medieval landscape.
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Maurice Beresford expanded his interests from history and historical geography into archaeology and was involved in excavations at Steeton and East Lilling in Yorkshire in 1948 and 1949.
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Maurice Beresford was appointed a Lecturer at the University of Leeds in 1948.
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Maurice Beresford was promoted to Reader in 1955 and to Professor of Economic History in 1959, a post he was to hold until his retirement as Emeritus Professor in 1985.
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Maurice Beresford was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1985.
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Maurice Beresford died in Leeds on 15 December 2005 at the age of 85.