Keith Wrightson
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Keith Wrightson | |
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| Born | 22 March 1948 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Dame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | University of St Andrews University of Cambridge Yale University |
Keith Wrightson (born 22 March 1948) is a historian who specialises in early modern England.
Education[]
Wrightson was educated at Dame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he received his BA (1970) and PhD (1974) degrees.[1]
Career[]
Wrightson has taught at the University of St Andrews, University of Cambridge and Yale University.[2] Wrightson is currently the Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History at Yale University.[3]
Honours[]
Wrightson is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society. Wrightson was formerly the President of the North American Conference on British Studies.[2][4] Wrightson is the recipient of the .[2]
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[]
- ^ "WRIGHTSON, Prof. Keith Edwin". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
- ^ Jump up to: 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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- Living people
- People educated at Dame Allan's School
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Yale University faculty
- 1948 births