James Campbell, FBA, FSA (26 January 1935 – 31 May 2016) was a British historian, specialising in the medieval period and the Anglo-Saxons.
[3] He studied at Lowestoft Grammar School, where he found an interest in history.
[3] Campbell's particular historical interest was in the medieval period and Anglo-Saxon studies.
[7] Along with Sonia Chadwick Hawkes and David Brown, in 1979 he founded the series Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History.
[6] In the 1980s, Campbell moved out of college accommodation and settled in Witney, a village near Oxford.