Denys Hay (1915–1994)

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Hay, Denys

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Hay, Professor Denys

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1915-08-29

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1994-06-14

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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Education

Royal Grammar School

Newcastle upon Tyne

University of Oxford (Balliol College)

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Assistant Lecturer, University College, Southampton 1939 [1939]

served RASC 1940-42 [1940]

War Historian (Civil Departments ∙ Civil Departments)

lecturer, Edinburgh University 1945-54 [1945]

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Morley, Gwyneth (wife)

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National Library of Scotland (Trustee ∙ 1966-1988)

Historical Association (President ∙ 1967-1970)

Ecclesiastical Historical Society (President ∙ 1980- 1981)

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Denys Hay (29 August 1915 - 14 June 1994) was a historian specializing in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and notable for demonstrating the influence of Italy on events in the rest of the continent. He taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1954, eventually becoming Professor of Medieval History[1] until he retired in 1980, and is remembered with the "Denys Hay Seminar" there.

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Author of Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (General History of Europe)

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