What is Brian Tierney (medievalist)?
[[File:Brian Tierney.png|thumb|Brian Tierney]] '''Brian Tierney''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DFC1}} (May 7, 1922 – November 30, 2019) was an English [[historian]] and a [[medieval]]ist. He was a member of the faculty of the [[Catholic University of America]] for eight years until becoming professor of medieval history at [[Cornell University]] in 1959, becoming the Goldwin Smith Professor of Medieval History in 1969. He was the first Bowmar Professor of Humanistic Studies in 1977.<ref name=Cornell>[http://www.arts.cornell.edu/medieval/People/notable.htm Notable Cornell Medievalists] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715073502/http://www.arts.cornell.edu/medieval/People/notable.htm |date=2007-07-15 }}</ref> Tierney was born in [[Scunthorpe]], [[North Lincolnshire]]. He died on November 30, 2019 at his home in [[Ithaca, New York]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 30, 2019|title=Brian Tierney Obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/obituaries/name/brian-tierney-obituary?pid=194586810&v=batesville|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 1, 2019|website=Legacy.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tierney, Brian}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:Writers from Lincolnshire]] [[Category:Cornell University faculty]] {{bio-stub}}