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==Early and personal life==
==Early and personal life==
Lipscomb was educated at [[Nonsuch High School]] for Girls,<ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about |title=About |publisher=Suzannah Lipscomb |date= |accessdate=2013-12-22}}</ref> and at [[Epsom College]],<ref name="About"/> where she is now a [[school governor|governor]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Epsom College |url=http://www.epsomcollege.org/governing-body |title=Governing Body at Epsom College |publisher=Epsomcollege.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-22}}</ref> She then attended Lincoln College at the University of Oxford where she was awarded a double first class honours degree in Modern History and a Masters in Historical Research.<ref>http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about</ref> Also see page 34 of this reference<ref>http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf</ref> She then won the Jowett Senior Scholarship to Balliol College, University of Oxford, from where she was awarded a doctorate in history.<ref>http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about</ref> Her doctoral supervisor was Robin Briggs, [[All Souls College, University of Oxford]].<ref>http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/people.php?personid=7</ref>
Lipscomb was educated at [[Nonsuch High School]] for Girls,<ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about |title=About |publisher=Suzannah Lipscomb |date= |accessdate=2013-12-22}}</ref> and at [[Epsom College]],<ref name="About"/> where she is now a [[school governor|governor]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Epsom College |url=http://www.epsomcollege.org/governing-body |title=Governing Body at Epsom College |publisher=Epsomcollege.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-22}}</ref> She then attended Lincoln College at the University of Oxford where she was awarded a double first class honours degree in Modern History and a Masters in Historical Research.<ref>http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about</ref> See page 34<ref>http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf</ref> She then won the Jowett Senior Scholarship to Balliol College, University of Oxford, from where she was awarded a doctorate in history.<ref>http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about</ref> Her doctoral supervisor was Robin Briggs, [[All Souls College, University of Oxford]].<ref>http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/people.php?personid=7</ref>


Lipscomb lives in [[Barnes, London]].<ref name="London">{{cite news | url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/suzannah-lipscombs-my-london-8985703.html | title=Suzannah Lipscomb's My London | work=[[Evening Standard]] | date=6 December 2013 | accessdate=10 December 2013 | author=Nathanson, Hannah | location=London}}</ref>
Lipscomb lives in [[Barnes, London]].<ref name="London">{{cite news | url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/suzannah-lipscombs-my-london-8985703.html | title=Suzannah Lipscomb's My London | work=[[Evening Standard]] | date=6 December 2013 | accessdate=10 December 2013 | author=Nathanson, Hannah | location=London}}</ref>

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Suzannah Lipscomb
Born
Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materNonsuch High School
Epsom College
Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Scientific career
InstitutionsNew College of the Humanities
Websitesuzannahlipscomb.com

Suzannah Lipscomb is a British historian, academic and broadcaster specialising in the 16th century.

Early and personal life

Lipscomb was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls,[1] and at Epsom College,[1] where she is now a governor.[2] She then attended Lincoln College at the University of Oxford where she was awarded a double first class honours degree in Modern History and a Masters in Historical Research.[3] See page 34[4] She then won the Jowett Senior Scholarship to Balliol College, University of Oxford, from where she was awarded a doctorate in history.[5] Her doctoral supervisor was Robin Briggs, All Souls College, University of Oxford.[6][7]

Lipscomb lives in Barnes, London.[8]

Awards

In 2011 Lipscomb was awarded a Wellcome Trust People Award of £28,000,[9] and an Arts & Humanities Research Council-sponsored KTP Award, "Humanities for the Creative Economy".[10]

In 2012 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[11] and she received the Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize from the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference.[12]

Academic career

In early 2007 Lipscomb became a Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace, working on the new visitor experience in the Tudor Palace to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne in 2009.[13]. In 2010 she became a Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia.[14] She moved to London to take up a post as Convenor and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at New College of the Humanities in 2011, where she is currently employed.[15]

TV career

In 2014 Lipscomb co-presented I Never Knew That About Britain for ITV[16]

She wrote and presented Henry and Anne: the lovers who changed history for Channel 5.[17]

She wrote and presented New Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home,[18] and Hidden Killers of the Edwardian Home,[19] and Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home for BBC Four.[20]

She contributed to episodes of The Secret Life Of: for the Yesterday Channel[21] and episodes of Time Team, Series 20, for Channel 4.[22]

With Joe Crowley she presented the six episodes of Bloody Tales of Europe and the three episodes of Bloody Tales of the Tower for National Geographic Channel.[23][24]

Publications

Lipscomb contributes a regular column to History Today,[25] and has written articles for BBC History Magazine,[26] and The Daily Telegraph.[27]

  • Henry VIII: 500 Facts, by Brett Dolman, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lee Prosser, David Souden and Lucy Worsley. Historic Royal Palaces, 2009. ISBN 978-1-873993-12-5.
  • 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII, Lion Hudson, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7459-5365-6.
  • A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England, Ebury, Random House, 2012. ISBN 978-0-091-94484-1. Published in the United States as A Journey Through Tudor England, by Pegasus Books, July 2013. ISBN 978-1-60598-460-5.
  • Henry VIII and the Court: Art, Politics and Performance, co-edited with Thomas Betteridge, Ashgate, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4094-1185-7.

References

  1. ^ a b "About". Suzannah Lipscomb. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  2. ^ Epsom College. "Governing Body at Epsom College". Epsomcollege.org. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  3. ^ http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about
  4. ^ http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf
  5. ^ http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about
  6. ^ http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.all-souls.ox.ac.uk/people.php?personid=7
  8. ^ Nathanson, Hannah (6 December 2013). "Suzannah Lipscomb's My London". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  9. ^ "People Award Summaries" (PDF). Wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  10. ^ "Henry VIII - Arts & Humanities Research Council". Ahrc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  11. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society (L)" (PDF). Royalhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  12. ^ "Sixteenth Century Society & Conference". Sixteenthcentury.org. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  13. ^ http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about
  14. ^ https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/view/divisions/HIS.html#group_L
  15. ^ https://www.nchum.org/faculty/dr-suzannah-lipscomb
  16. ^ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week10/i-never-knew-about-britain#.U3G0NvldUj4
  17. ^ "Episode 1 | Henry & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History | Channel 5". channel5.com. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  18. ^ "BBC Four - Hidden Killers, Series 1, The Victorian Home, Hidden Killers: The Victorian Home - preview". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  19. ^ "BBC Four - Hidden Killers, Series 1, The Edwardian Home, Hidden Killers: The Edwardian Home - preview". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  20. ^ "BBC Four - Hidden Killers, Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  21. ^ "Watch The Secret Life Of... TV Online | Free Full Episodes | Yesterday Channel". Yesterday.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  22. ^ "Time Team - Historian Suzannah Lipscomb Describes Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk". Timeteamdigital.com. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  23. ^ "Bloody Tales Of The Tower - National Geographic Channel - UK". natgeotv.com. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Bloody Tales - National Geographic Channel - UK". Natgeotv.com. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  25. ^ "Practice Makes Perfect". History Today. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  26. ^ History Weekend. "BBC History Magazine". History Weekend. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  27. ^ Lipscomb, Suzannah (16 October 2012). "Booker Prize 2012: Mantel's tale drips with the often putrid scents of the Tudor age". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

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