Richard William Pfaff

American historian (1936–2016)

Richard William Pfaff (1936-10 July 2016) was an American historian specializing in medieval English liturgy.

## Biography

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He was a descendant of German settlers in the Midwest.[1] In 1966, he was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church.[1]

## Career

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He completed his B.A. in history at Harvard College.[1] He later received the Rhodes scholarship and attended Magdalen College, Oxford, where he received his D.Phil in history.[1] He served as a professor of history at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill until his retirement in 2006.[1]

## Honors

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In 1993, he became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[1]

## Personal life

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He was married to Margaret Campbell until her death in 2010; they had one son. He married Jeanette Falk shortly before his death.[1]

## Bibliography

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His notable books include:[2][3]

* The Liturgy in Medieval England: A History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009.
* Liturgical Calendars, Saints and Services in Medieval England. (= Variorum collected studies series 610). Aldershot: Ashgate 1998.
* Medieval Latin Liturgy: A Select Bibliography (= Toronto Medieval Bibliographies 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1982.
* New Liturgical Feasts In Later Medieval England (= Oxford theological monographs). Oxford: Clarendon Press 1970.
* Gibson, Margaret T.; Pfaff, Richard William; Heslop, T. A., eds. (1992). The Eadwine psalter: text, image, and monastic culture in twelfth-century Canterbury. London: Modern Humanities Research Association. ISBN 9780947623463.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Richard William Pfaff FSA [obituary]" (PDF). Magdalen College, Oxford. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
2. ^ "Richard Pfaff". www.goodreads.com.
3. ^ "Pfaff, Richard William 1936-2016 [WorldCat Identities]".

## External links

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* News & Observer obituary (paywalled)
* ResearchGate

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