Robert bartlett biography
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Robert Abram Bartlett
Captain Bob Bartlett, shipmate and comrade of both Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan, was a steadfast and reliable member of the Arctic expeditions for which he captained the Roosevelt under the command of Peary. Bartlett himself also commanded many successful expeditions on his beloved ship the Effie M. Morrissey. Through these voyages, he contributed immensely to knowledge about the Arctic, since he placed the value of scientific research above that of pure exploration.
Robert Abram Bartlett was born on August 15, 1875 in Brigus, Newfoundland. At the age of fifteen his mother sent Bartlett to a Methodist college to become a minister, but the sea was in his blood. He preferred to work the six long years required to earn the right to captain a ship. After Bartlett was awarded his mariner's papers, his uncle, Captain John Bartlett, asked the new seaman to sign on with him as mate. John Bartlett had been sailing for Robert Peary on his Arctic expediti
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Robert Bartlett (historian)
Robert John Bartlett, CBE, FBA, FRSE (born 27 November 1950) is an English historian and medievalist. He is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Mediaeval History Emeritus at the University of St Andrews.
Bartlett was born in Streatham. After attending Battersea Grammar School in London (1962 to 1969), he studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, St John's College, Oxford and Princeton University as a Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow. He obtained research fellowships at several institutions, including the University of Michigan and University of Göttingen, before working at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Chicago and the University of St Andrews, where he currently resides.
He is particularly known for his work The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350, which won the Wolfson History Prize in 1993. He specializes in medieval colonialism, the cult of saints, and England between the 11th century and the 14th centur
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Research areas
England, 1066-1300; cult of the saints; mediaeval frontiers.
Selected publications
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Evropa a přemyslovský stat
Bartlett, R. J., 2009, Přemyslovci: Budování českého státu.Sommer, P., Třeštík, D. & Žemlička, J. (eds.). Prague: Lidové noviny, p. 15-31Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Illustrating Ethnicity in the Middle Ages
Bartlett, R. J., 2009, The Origins of Racism in the West.Eliav-Feldon, M., Isaac, B. & Ziegler, J. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 132-56Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
From hedendom to Christianity in Medieval Europe
Bartlett, R. J., 2007, Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central europe and Rus’ c. 900-1200.Berend, N. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 47-72Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Heartland and Border: The Mental and Physical Geography of Me