Richard Rex

|birth_place = Ipswich, Suffolk, England |education = Warwick School |alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge |workplaces = St John's College, Cambridge
Queens' College, Cambridge |discipline = |sub_discipline = |doctoral_advisor = Brendan Bradshaw }} Richard Rex (born 27 January 1961) is a British historian.

Rex was born in Ipswich. He was educated at Warwick School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read history and graduated with MA and PhD degrees. Following his doctorate he was a research fellow at St John's College, Cambridge, and a lecturer and reader at the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge. He is currently the Professor of Reformation History at the Faculty of Divinity, and is also the Polkinghorne Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he is Director of Studies in Theological and Religious Studies, Tutor for graduate students, and Deputy Senior Tutor.

He edited the ''editio princeps'' of Thomas Swinnerton's ''Tropes and Figures'' from a manuscript. Provided by Wikipedia