Keith Wrightson
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Keith Wrightson | |
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Born | Keith Edwin Wrightson 22 March 1948 |
Nationality | British |
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Education | Dame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
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Discipline | History |
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Keith Edwin Wrightson, FBA, FRHistS (born 22 March 1948) is a British historian who specialises in early modern England.
Early life and education
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 independent 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
Wrightson began his academic career as a research fellow in history at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 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, Cambridge 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
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
His notable books include:
- Wrightson, Keith (2003). English society, 1580-1680 ([New ed.] ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 0415290686. OCLC 56469270.
- Wrightson, Keith (2011). Ralph Tailor's summer : a scrivener, his city, and the plague. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300177596. OCLC 779173279.
- Wrightson, Keith (2002). Earthly necessities : economic lives in early modern Britain, 1470-1750. London: Penguin. ISBN 0140250018. OCLC 48931119.
- A Social History of England, 1500-1750
- Rank : picturing the social order 1516-2009. Sunderland: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. 2009. ISBN 9780954911935. OCLC 368068543.
- Levine, David; Wrightson, Keith (1991). The making of an industrial society : Whickham, 1560-1765. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198200668. OCLC 21874514.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Wrightson, Prof. Keith Edwin, (born 22 March 1948), Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History, Yale University, 2004–21, now Emeritus". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "North East Historian Honoured at Durham University Homecoming". Durham Newswire. University of Durham. 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "WRIGHTSON, Prof. Keith Edwin". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
- ^ Wrightson, Keith Edwin (15 March 1974). "Puritan reformation of manners with special reference to the counties of Lancashire and Essex, 1640-1660". Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Professor Keith Wrightson FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Keith Wrightson - Yale MacMillan Center - Center for the Study of Representative Institutions". ycri.yale.edu.
- ^ "Keith Wrightson - Department of History". history.yale.edu.
- ^ "Keith Wrightson". 27 November 2017.
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