Susan Brigden

Susan Elizabeth Brigden, FRHistS, FBA (born 26 June 1951)[1] is a historian and academic specialising in the English Renaissance and Reformation. She was Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College, before retiring at the end of 2016.

Academic career

Susan Brigden was educated at the University of Manchester (BA) and Clare College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a PhD in 1979. In 1980, she was elected a Fellow in history at Lincoln College, Oxford. This made her the first female fellow of that college. In 1984, she became a university lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.[2] She later became Reader in Early Modern History.[3] At Lincoln College, in addition to her duties as Fellow and tutor, she was the College's Tutor for Women.[4]

Honours

Brigden won the Wolfson History Prize in 2013 for her book Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest.[5] In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6] She is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[7]

Publications
  • London and the Reformation (1989)
  • New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1603 (2000)
  • Thomas Wyatt: the Heart's Forest (2012)

References
  1. "Brigden, Prof. Susan Elizabeth", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. "Dr Susan Brigden FBA". Fellows & Staff. Lincoln College, Oxford. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. "Teaching and Research Staff (A-Z)". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. "Welfare around Lincoln". Lincoln MCR. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. "Wolfson History Prize for Susan Brigden". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  7. "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society - B" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.


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