Background
LEYSER, Karl was born on October 24, 1920 in Diisseldorf, Germany. Son of Otto Leyser and Emma Hayum.
medievalist university professor
LEYSER, Karl was born on October 24, 1920 in Diisseldorf, Germany. Son of Otto Leyser and Emma Hayum.
Hindenburg Gymnasium, Diisseldorf, Saint Paul"s School, London, Magdalen College Oxford.
Lecturer, CUF 1950-1965, 1975-1984, Emeritus Fellow since 1984, Special Lecturer, Medieval European History 1965-1975, Vice President Magdalen College 1971-1972. Chichele Professor, of Medieval History, Oxford 88. Fellow All Souls College, Oxford 1984-1988.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Berkeley California, United States of America 1987.
Lecturer College, de France 1984, Denys Hay Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance History, University of Edinburgh 1986, Medieval Academy, of America 1987, Reichenau 1988, 1990. Centre d'Etudes Superieures de Civilisation Medievale, University de Poitiers 1989.
Visiting Professor, Department, of History, Harvard University 1989.
Beirat, Max-Planck-Institut fur Geschichte, Gottingen, German Historical Institute, London. Kuratorium, Historisches Kolleg, Munich. Central Directorate, Monumenta Germaniae Historical Correspondent Fellow Medieval Academy, of America 1987.
Married Henrietta Louise Valerie Bateman in 1962.