Keith Wrightson
Keith Wrightson FRHistS | |
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| Born | Keith Edwin Wrightson 22 March 1948 |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Dame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
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Keith Edwin Wrightson, early modern England.
Early life and education
Wrightson was born on 22 March 1948 in
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
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 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; Levine, David (1979). Poverty and Piety in an English Village: Terling, 1525-1700. Cambridge [USA]: Academic Press. OCLC 892233165.
- Wrightson, Keith (2003). English society, 1580-1680 ([New ed.] ed.). London: Routledge. OCLC 56469270.
- Wrightson, Keith (2011). Ralph Tailor's summer : a scrivener, his city, and the plague. New Haven: Yale University Press. OCLC 779173279.
- Wrightson, Keith (2002). Earthly necessities : economic lives in early modern Britain, 1470-1750. London: Penguin. OCLC 48931119.
- A Social History of England, 1500-1750
- Rank : picturing the social order 1516-2009. Sunderland: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art. 2009. OCLC 368068543.
- Levine, David; Wrightson, Keith (1991). The making of an industrial society : Whickham, 1560-1765. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press. OCLC 21874514.
References
- ^ 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. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership 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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