Keith Wrightson
Keith Wrightson | |
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| Born | Keith Edwin Wrightson 22 March 1948 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Dame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | |
Keith Edwin Wrightson, FBA, FRHistS (born 22 March 1948) is an English historian who specialises in early modern England.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Wrightson was born on 22 March 1948 in Croxdale, County Durham, England.[1][2] He was educated at Dame Allan's School, an all-boys private school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.[1] He studied history at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1970 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1974.[3] His doctoral thesis was titled "The Puritan reformation of manners, with special reference to the counties of Lancashire and Essex, 1640-1660".[4]
Academic career
[edit | edit source]Wrightson began his academic career as a research fellow in history at Fitzwilliam College from 1972 to 1975.[1] He then moved to the University of St Andrews where he was a lecturer in modern history from 1975 to 1984.[5] He returned to Cambridge in 1984 having been elected a fellow of Jesus College and appointed a university lecturer in history.[1] He was promoted to Reader in English Social History in 1993 and to Professor of Social History in 1998.[1]
Wrightson has taught at the University of St Andrews, University of Cambridge and Yale University.[6]
Wrightson is currently the Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History at Yale University.[7]
Honours
[edit | edit source]In 1996, Wrightson was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5] He is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[1] Wrightson was formerly the President of the North American Conference on British Studies.[6][8] Wrightson is the recipient of the John Ben Snow Prize.[6]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]His notable books include:
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- A Social History of England, 1500-1750
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References
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External links
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- Living people
- 1948 births
- People educated at Dame Allan's School
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Yale University faculty
- Academics of the University of St Andrews
- Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of history
- British social historians
- Tudor historians
- 20th-century English historians
- 21st-century English historians
- 20th-century English male writers
- 21st-century English male writers
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
- Writers from Durham, England