William M. Lamont
William M. Lamont (1934–2018) was an English historian of Puritanism and early Modern England. He took his degree in history from Queen Mary College. He taught at Hackney Downs School (1959–53), was lecturer in history at the University of Aberdeen (1963–66), and was thereafter at the University of Sussex (1966–99). He wrote monographs on Richard Baxter and the Muggletonians.{{cite news |title=Obituary: William Lamont |last=Morrill |first=John |newspaper=History Today |date=April 2019 |url=https://willielamont.home.blog/home/obituaries-and-tributes/ |access-date=27 September 2024 }}{{cite news |title=William Lamont obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/06/william-lamont-obituary |date=6 February 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |last=Davis |first=Colin |access-date=27 September 2024 }}{{cite news |title=William Lamont, 1934-2018 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/people/william-lamont-1934-2018 |date=31 January 2019 |last=Reisz |first=Matthew |newspaper=Times Higher Education |access-date=27 September 2024 }}
Bibliography
- Marginal Prynne, 1600-1669 (London, 1963).
- Godly Rule: Politics and Religion, 1603-1660 (London, 1969)
- (eds. with Sybil Oldfield) Politics, Religion, and Literature in the Seventeenth Century (London, 1975).
- Richard Baxter and the Millenium (London, 1979).
- (with Christopher Hill and Barry Reay) The World of the Muggletonians (London, 1982).
- Puritanism and Historical Controversy (London, 1996).
- Last Witnesses: the Muggletonian History, 1652-1979 (Aldershot, 2006)
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Category:20th-century English historians
Category:Academics of the University of Aberdeen