Background

Meyvaert, Paul Jeffrey was born on November 12, 1921 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Son of Fernand and Jessie (Ledger) Meyvaert.

Education

Student, St. Teresa College, Ireland, 1934-1938.

Career

Benedictine monk, Fort Augustus Abbey, Scotland, 1938-1940; Benedictine monk, Fort Augustus Abbey, Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, England, 1940-1965; lecturer, art history librarian, Duke U., 1967-1971; fellow, Medieval Academy American, since 1977; executive director, Medieval Academy American, 1971-1981; vice president, Mediaeval Academy American, 1988-1990; president, Mediaeval Academy American, 1990-1991; also editor Speculum (academic publication), Mediaeval Academy American, 1971-1981. James Ford special lecturer University of Oxford, 1980. Member board scholars Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1973-1975.

Member Institute Advanced Study Princeton, 1976-1977. Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, 1980-1981.

Achievements

• Paul Jeffrey Meyvaert has been listed as a noteworthy historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Art Bulletin : The Book of Kells and Iona; Use of Images in Pastoral Care of Nuns; Mantegna's Pre 1448 Years Reexamined The S. Sofia Inscription; Subject of Savoldo's Magdalene; Francis Picabia, Radiometers, and X-Rays in 1913 ((March 1989))
  • Benedict, Gregory, Bede and Others (Variorum reprint ; CS61)

Connections

Son of Fernand and Jessie (Ledger) M. M. Ann Freeman, February 4, 1967. 1 daughter, Jenny Louisa.

Father:

Fernand Meyvaert

Mother:

Jessie (Ledger) Meyvaert

Spouse:

Ann Freeman