Frank Barlow (1911-2009) developed his entire career as a professor of history at the University of Exeter, where from 1976 he was professor emeritus, while conducting a scrupulous career as a researcher and writer. Among his extensive work are mainly some important biographies of English monarchs of the Middle Ages, such as those dedicated to William I, Edward the Confessor or William Rufus (the Red), as well as his studies on the history of the Church in England: The English Church, 1000-1066 and English Episcopal Acta, XI, XII (Exeter 1046-1184, 1186-1237). He was a member of the British Academy, of the Royal Society of Literature and commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services in the study of medieval history of England.