Professor Sir James Clarke Holt FBA is an English medieval historian and was the third Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. Holt graduated, and subsequently took his DPhil, at the University of Oxford. He held the positions of Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham (1962 - 1965), Professor of History at the University of Reading (1965 - 1978) and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge from 1978 until his retirement in 1988.

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  • Professor Sir James Clarke Holt FBA is an English medieval historian and was the third Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. Holt graduated, and subsequently took his DPhil, at the University of Oxford. He held the positions of Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham (1962 - 1965), Professor of History at the University of Reading (1965 - 1978) and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge from 1978 until his retirement in 1988. From 1981 until 1988 he served as the Master of Fitzwilliam College. Holt became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1978 and was its Vice President from 1987 - 1989. He was knighted for his work as an historian. Holt made his fame with the book Magna Carta, which came out in its original edition in 1965. In this work he treated the charter in the context of the political framework of its time. The book has since been fully revised, and is still considered authoritative within its field. He has also published other works on the same period, such as The Northerners: A Study in the Reign of King John, and Robin Hood.
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  • 1981–1988
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  • Professor Sir James Clarke Holt FBA is an English medieval historian and was the third Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. Holt graduated, and subsequently took his DPhil, at the University of Oxford. He held the positions of Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham (1962 - 1965), Professor of History at the University of Reading (1965 - 1978) and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge from 1978 until his retirement in 1988.
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  • J. C. Holt
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