Colin Peter Sherard Platt

Background

Mr. Platt was born in Guangzhou, China, on November 11, 1934. He was a son of James Westlake (an oil executive) and Veronica Norma Hope Arnold (a homemaker) Platt.

Education

Colin Platt received his Bachelor of Arts (with first class honors) from Oxford University in 1958, Master of Arts in 1962. In 1966 he finished University of Leeds with Doctor of Philosophy.

Career

Mr. Platt worked as a lecturer in medieval archaeology at University of Leeds, Leeds, England, from 1962 to 1964. Between 1964 and 1974 he acted as a lecturer in history at University of Southampton, Southampton, England, senior lecturer, 1974-1979, reader, 1979-1983, and professor starting from 1983.

Achievements

• Mr. Platt is famous for his numerous books, his works have been translated into Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.

Works

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  • The Castle in Medieval England and Wales

    (Traces the architectural development of English and Welsh...)

  • Mediaeval Southampton: The Port and Trading Community, A.D.1000-1600

    ("Colin Platt looks at the urban community of Southampton ...)

  • The monastic grange in medieval England;: A reassessment
  • Marks of Opulence: The Why, When and Where of Western Art
  • Atlas of Mediaeval Man
  • King Death: The Black Death and its Aftermath in Late-Medieval England
  • The Great Rebuildings Of Tudor And Stuart England: Revolutions In Architectural Taste
  • Mediaeval Archaeology in England
  • The Architecture of Medieval Britain
  • The Architecture of Medieval Britain
  • The English medieval town

Membership

• Society of Antiquaries , United Kingdom

• Royal Historical Society , United Kingdom

Interests

• reading, visiting medieval antiquities

Connections

Colin Platt married Valerie Ashforth (a homemaker) on February 8, 1963. The couple had four children: Emma Felicity, Miles Christian, Tabitha Jane, Theodore Luke.

Father:

James Westlake Platt

Mother:

Veronica Norma Hope Arnold Platt

Wife:

Valerie Ashforth

Daughter:

Emma Felicity Platt

Son:

Miles Christian Platt

Daughter:

Tabitha Jane Platt

Son:

Theodore Luke Platt