27.11.1902-15.10.1983 A native of Northumberland, Patterson obtained a first-class honours degree in history from University of Durham in 1924, having studied for this at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Initially a schoolmaster and later on the staff of Portsmouth Municipal College, during the war years and the immediate post-War period he was head of History at University…

Born in Northumberland, Alan Merson’s initial intention was to become a Presbyterian minister. However, at Oxford in the 1930s he began a lifelong friendship with the celebrated Marxist historian, Christopher Hill, and this together with the Spanish Civil War led to him joining the Communist Party of Great Britain to which he belonged as an…

Born in Northumberland, Alan Merson’s initial intention was to become a Presbyterian minister. However, at Oxford in the 1930s he began a lifelong friendship with the celebrated Marxist historian, Christopher Hill, and this together with the Spanish Civil War led to him joining the Communist Party of Great Britain to which he belonged as an…

Born in Norwich, became chorister at Magdalen College 1834, taking a succession of degrees and posts, BA, MA, BD, DD. and Fellow 1853-65. He was ordained deacon in 1846 and priest in 1847. He served as Master of Magdalen School 1846-64 where he succeeded in raising its academic standards.

He was born in Lancashire, the son of an Anglican priest, studied at the Theology School, University of Durham, and was ordained into the Church of England at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He had five brothers who all also went into the Church. After a short time as Diocesan Inspector of Schools at Carlisle, he moved with his…

The relationship between John Milner and Winchester printer and ‘respectable bookseller’ James Robbins (1761-1844) is an early example of a ‘publisher and his author’. When Robbins asked him to write ‘a faithful account and description of Winchester’ he did so. It was a risky match, a Catholic priest and a young untried printer, but the…

The relationship between John Milner and Winchester printer and ‘respectable bookseller’ James Robbins (1761-1844) is an early example of a ‘publisher and his author’. When Robbins asked him to write ‘a faithful account and description of Winchester’ he did so. It was a risky match, a Catholic priest and a young untried printer, but the…

G W Minns was born in Norwich. The son of a builder, he inherited an interest in craftsmanship and construction, but after Cambridge (St Catherine’s) he attended Cuddesdon College and was ordained in 1860. He spent eight years in Norfolk and on the Continent and was an active member of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological…

G W Minns was born in Norwich. The son of a builder, he inherited an interest in craftsmanship and construction, but after Cambridge (St Catherine’s) he attended Cuddesdon College and was ordained in 1860. He spent eight years in Norfolk and on the Continent and was an active member of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological…

Pannell was born in Plymouth. His father was a ‘cycle agent and maker’, which may have stimulated his son’s interest in engineering. Pannell began his career in this sphere in 1920 with a firm in Slough and two year’s later joined the Great Western Railway’s Civil Engineering Department, gaining experience of the operation of docks…