Sheridan Gilley

Sheridan Gilley is an Australian author and historian.

Biography

Gilley was born on 27 April 1945 in Brisbane, Australia.
He is the son of Wayne Grover Gilley, a journalist, and his wife Betty Margaret Gilley.
He married Margaret Mary Haworth, a health care executive and vicar, on June 15, 1974, and they have two children.

Education

He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Queensland in 1966 and his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1971.

Career

He served as a lecturer in ecclesiastical history at the University of St. Andrews from 1971 to 1978, then moved to the University of Durham. He has been a reader emeritus at the University of Durham since 2002.

Awards and honours

He became a fellow/member of the Royal Historical Society and the Ecclesiastical History Society.