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

Biography

Gilley was born on 27 April 1945 in Brisbane, Australia.

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

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

Education

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

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. He has been a reader emeritus at the University of Durham since 2002.

Awards and honours

He became a fellow/member of the Royal Historical Society and the Ecclesiastical History Society.

Bibliography

His notable books include:

  • 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

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