John Morrill (historian)

John Morrill
Born
John Stephen Morrill

(1946-06-12) 12 June 1946
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
ThesisThe government of Cheshire during the civil wars and Interregnum (1971)
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-discipline
Institutions

John Stephen Morrill FBA FRHistS (born 12 June 1946) is a British Roman Catholic Priest, historian and academic who specialises in the political, religious, social, and cultural history of early-modern Britain from 1500 to 1750, especially the English Civil War. He is best known for his scholarship on early modern politics and his unique county studies approach which he developed at Cambridge. Morrill was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and became a fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1975.