Keith Wrightson

Keith Wrightson
FBA FRHistS
Born
Keith Edwin Wrightson

(1948-03-22) 22 March 1948 (age 76)
NationalityBritish
Academic background
EducationDame Allan's Boys' School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions
Doctoral studentsAlexandra Shepard

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 private 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; Levine, David (1979). Poverty and Piety in an English Village: Terling, 1525-1700. Cambridge [USA]: Academic Press. ISBN 0127659501. OCLC 892233165.
  • 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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "North East Historian Honoured at Durham University Homecoming". Durham Newswire. University of Durham. 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ "WRIGHTSON, Prof. Keith Edwin". Who's Who. Vol. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Professor Keith Wrightson FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Keith Wrightson - Yale MacMillan Center - Center for the Study of Representative Institutions". ycri.yale.edu.
  7. ^ "Keith Wrightson - Department of History". history.yale.edu.
  8. ^ "Keith Wrightson". 27 November 2017.