John Nightingale

John Bartholomew Wakelyn Nightingale is a British academic.

Nightingale was born in 1960, the son of Michael and Hilary Nightingale. He is married to Lucy Fergusson, daughter of Drs. Patrick and Alison Fergusson, a partner at Linklaters LLP.

Nightingale was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England. He graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a Master of Arts and later with a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) as well. At Merton College, Oxford, he was the Harmsworth Senior Research Scholar between 1984 and 1986, and was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow from 1989-1992. In 1986, he became a Fellow of Magdalen College and later, from 1993, a Tutor of Modern History. He was Assessor of the University of Oxford from 2008-2009 and a member of its governing council from 2008-2014.

Nightingale was an elected Fellow of the Governing Body of Winchester College from 2002-2017.

• Monasteries and Patrons in the Gorze Reform, published 2001
• many articles on medieval history