Peter Clemoes

Peter Alan Martin Clemoes (20 January 1920 – 16 March 1996) was a British historian.

Peter Alan Martin Clemoes
Born20 January 1920 (1920-01-20)
Died16 March 1996 (1996-03-17) (aged 76)
OccupationBritish historian

Born in Southend-on-Sea and educated at Brentwood School, he originally wished to become an actor and won a scholarship to RADA but the Second World War intervened and he served with the Royal Corps of Signals. After the war he took a degree in English from Queen Mary College, London, which was followed by postgraduate work on Anglo-Saxon at King's College, Cambridge, gaining a PhD in 1956. He then held a research fellowship at the University of Reading until 1961 when he returned to Cambridge under Dorothy Whitelock, whom he replaced as Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1969.

His son Martin is the founder of Eye2eye Software Ltd, based in Cambridge, England.

Anglo-Saxon England

Clemoes was the editor of Anglo-Saxon England, an annual survey of the literature on the subject, which also included a number of substantial papers. The journal is a key publication in the field and is still published annually as of 2017.

  • "Society of Antiquaries of London - Professor Peter Alan Martin Clemoes, Ph.D., Litt.D., F.R.Hist.S." Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2014-09-20.


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