Christopher Robert Cheney
born 20.12.1906 Banbury,Oxfordshirew
son of George Gardner and Christina Stapleton (nee Bateman) Cheney
educated Banbury County School
graduated Wadham College,Oxford 1928
lecturer,University of Cairo and University College,London 1931-33
lecturer,University of Manchester 1933-37
reader and fellow,Magdalen College,Oxford 1937
E Division MI5 (E1b) during WW2
Chair in Medieval History,University of Manchester 1945
Professor of Medieval History,University of Cambridge 1955
Fellow of Corpus Christi College,Cambridge (retired 1972)
Fellow of British Academy (FBA) 1951
C.B.E. 1984
married Mary Hall 24.8.1940
died 19.6.1987 Cambridge
