Donald Auberon Bullough (1928-2002) was Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews from 1973-1991. He was educated at Newcastle under Lyme High School, then St John's College, Oxford (BA 1950, MA 1952). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1958, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1968 and Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of London in 1993. He did National Service from 1946-48, was Fereday Fellow of St John's, Oxford 1952-55, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, 1955-66 and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Nottingham, 1966-73.
He was a visiting professor at various times in North America, Germany and New Zealand, and delivered many lectures around the world including the Raleigh Lectures, 1985. He was a Corresponding Fellow of Monumenta Germaniae Historica from 1983, Honorary Fellow of the British School at Rome and a Member of the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1998. He held the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery (TA).
His major publications are: The Age of Charlemagne, (London, 1965), The Study of Medieval Records (edited with RL Storey), (Oxford, 1971), and Carolingian Renewal: Sources and Heritage (Manchester, 1991.)
From the guide to the Papers of Donald Bullough, 12th Century, ca. 1973-2002, (University of St Andrews)
