John Andrew Boyle (10 March 1916 – 19 November 1978), was a British historian, an accomplished linguist, and Oriental scholar.
[2] In 1933, John won a scholarship to Birmingham University where he graduated with first-class honours in German in 1936.
"In 1945 he married a colleague, Margaret Elizabeth Dunbar, who gave him three daughters, a life of great domestic happiness, and constant support in his work".
[7] Boyle was the author, translator, or editor of the following works:[8] - - - - - - - - - "Mongolia before Genghis Khan: the native tradition", Journal of the Anglo-Mongolian Society 2:1 (1975), 60-69.
- "The last barbarian invaders: the impact of the Mongol conquest upon East and West," Memoirs and Proceedings 112 (1969–70), 5-19.