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British historian and academic

David Levesley d'AvrayFBA FRHistS (born 3 February 1952) is a British historian who specialises in the religious and social history of the Middle Ages. He is Emeritus Professor of History at University College London and Supernumerary Fellow in History at Jesus College, Oxford.^[1]

Academic career

D'Avray was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing before beginning his undergraduate studies at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1970.^[2] He completed his doctoral studies at Balliol College, Oxford in 1976, where his supervisor was Richard William Hunt.^[3] He then spent a year as the Michael Foster Memorial Scholar at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.^[4]

In 1977, d'Avray joined University College London as a lecturer in history.

He was promoted to reader in history in 1993 and appointed Professor of History in 1996, retiring in 2019.^[4] He returned to the Uni David D’Avray - rsj.winchester.ac.uk HIQ