Edward Lionel Gregory Stones, FBA (1914–1987) was

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at the

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from 1956 to 1978.

Early life and education

Stones was born in

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. He was educated at the High School of Glasgow and studied English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow from where he graduated with an MA with first class honours. He studied at Balliol College, University of Oxford where he obtaining a first class honours degree in modern history in 1939. Stones served in the Royal Signals during the Second World War,Lionel Stones.
University of Glasgow. Retrieved 21 October 2015. rising to the rank of Major.

Career

Stones was a lecturer in history at Glasgow University from 1945 to 1956, completed his PhD there in 1950, and became Edwards Professor of Medieval History there in 1956. He retired in 1978 and was succeeded in the Edwards chair by

Alfred Lawson Brown Alfred Lawson Brown (1927 – 28 August 2006) was titular professor of medieval history at the University of Glasgow from 1973 to 1978. In the latter year he succeeded Lionel Stones as the Edwards Professor of Medieval History. Brown was a speci ...

. His papers are held at the University of Glasgow Archives.Papers of Edward Lionel Gregory Stones, 1914–1987, Professor of Medieval History, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1956–1977.
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Death

Stones died in 1987.

Selected publications

*''Sir Geoffrey Le Scrope, (c.1285–1340)'', University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 1950. *''Anglo-Scottish Relations 1174–1328: Some Selected Documents'', Nelson, London, 1965. *''Edward I and the throne of Scotland, 1290–1296: An edition of the record sources for the Great Cause'',

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, Oxford, 1978.

References

Academics of the University of Glasgow Alumni of the University of Glasgow British medievalists People from Croydon Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Royal Corps of Signals officers 1914 births 1987 deaths 20th-century British historians Fellows of the British Academy Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America British Army personnel of World War II {{UK-historian-stub