Background
Jackson, David Edward Pritchett was born on December 9, 1941 in Calcutta, India. Son of Reginald R.G.P. and Dorothy Elizabeth (Hodgson) Jackson.
Jackson, David Edward Pritchett was born on December 9, 1941 in Calcutta, India. Son of Reginald R.G.P. and Dorothy Elizabeth (Hodgson) Jackson.
Bachelor, Pembroke College, Cambridge University, 1964, Master of Arts, 1968, Doctor of Philosophy, 1970.
Assistant lecturer University Saint Andrews, Scotland, 1967-1968, lecturer, 1968-1984, senior lecturer, since 1984, chairman department Arabic, 1979-1986. Research fellow Pembroke College, Cambridge University, 1967-1970. Director School Abbasid Studies, University Saint Andrews, since 1979.
Joint author: Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War, 1982.
Contributor articles to professional journals. Lieutenant Commander, 1980.
Royal Naval Reserve, 1972-1982. Foreign Office scholar Middle East Centre Foreign Arab Studies, Lebanon, 1960-1961.
Pembroke College Foundation scholar, 1963, 72-82.
Fellow Bris. Society Middle East Studies. Member Symposium for Classical Arabic Poetry, L" Union Européenne Doctorate"Arabisants et Doctorate"Islamisants, Middle East Studies Association of America. Clubs: Hawks, Leander, Oriental, Royal and Ancient Golf.
Married Margaret Letitia Brown, July 9, 1982.