Sheridan Gilley

Sheridan Gilley
Born (1945-04-27) 27 April 1945 (age 80)
Brisbane, Australia
OccupationAuthor

Sheridan Gilley (born 27 April 1945) is an Australian author and historian.

Biography

Gilley was born on 27 April 1945 in Brisbane, Australia.[1][2]

He is the son of Wayne Grover Gilley, a journalist, and his wife Betty Margaret Gilley.[1][2]

He married Margaret Mary Haworth, a health care executive and vicar, on June 15, 1974, and they have two children.[1][2]

Education

He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Queensland in 1966 and his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1971.[1][2]

Career

He served as a lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the University of St. Andrews from 1971 to 1978, then moved to the University of Durham.[1][2] He has been a reader emeritus at the University of Durham since 2002.[1][2]

Awards and honours

He became a fellow/member of the Royal Historical Society and the Ecclesiastical History Society.[1][2]

Bibliography

His notable books include:[3][4]

  • Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert
  • The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty: Art, Sanctity, and the Truth of Catholicism
  • The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 8: World Christianities, c.1815 - c.1914
  • Newman And His Age
  • The Irish in Britain 1815-1931
  • Victorian Churches and Churchmen: Essays Presented to Vincent Alan McClelland
  • A Short History of Religion in Britain

References