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Keith Wrightson
Born (1948-03-22) 22 March 1948 (age 76)
NationalityBritish
EducationDame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsUniversity 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 John Ben Snow Prize.[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

  1. ^ WRIGHTSON. "WRIGHTSON, Prof. Keith Edwin". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c "Keith Wrightson - Yale MacMillan Center - Center for the Study of Representative Institutions". ycri.yale.edu.
  3. ^ "Keith Wrightson - Department of History". history.yale.edu.
  4. ^ "Keith Wrightson". 27 November 2017.