Nigel Yates (1944–2009) was a British academic and author. He was Professor of

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at the

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. He received his primary education at Belmont Abbey School and later attended the

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Life and career

Nigel Yates was born in

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on 1 July 1944. He originally worked as

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, first in

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and then in

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, before becoming head of archives for the

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and finally for Kent Archives Service. After taking early retirement in 1994, he moved to

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. In 2000, he became senior research fellow at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and was appointed Professor of Ecclesiastical History in 2005. He also served as derector of Research at Lampeter. Yates died on 15 January 2009. His wife, Paula Yates, also taught at Lampeter. She was formerly a Lib-Dem councillor, leader of

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and later dean of non-residential studies at

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Selected publications

*''Anglican Ritualism in Victorian Britain, 1830-1910'', Oxford University Press (1999) *''Buildings, Faith, and Worship : The Liturgical Arrangement of Anglican Churches, 1600-1900'', Oxford University Press (2000) *''Liturgical Space : Christian Worship and Church Buildings in Western Europe, 1500-2000'', Ashgate (2008) *''Preaching, Word and Sacrament: Scottish Church Interiors 1560-1860'', T&T Clark (2009) *''Love Now, Pay Later? : Sex and Religion in the Fifties and Sixties'', SPCK (2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Nigel 1944 births 2009 deaths Academics of the University of Wales, Lampeter English archivists Fellows of the Royal Historical Society