Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Suzanne Elizabeth Fagence Cooper is a British non-fiction writer who has written extensively on the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian women.

Education and career

Fagence Cooper received a BA in history from University of Oxford and spent 12 years as a curator of the Victorian collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum[1] where she co-curated The Victorian Vision exhibition in 2001. She is an honorary visiting fellow of the University of York.[2]

As well as writing, Fagence Cooper is a design consultant and has worked with the BBC Channel 4 and was a historical consultant for the 2013 film The Invisible Woman. She was a contributor to Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone for BBC television, including providing a factual, historical perspective on the way Victorian lives can be presented in museums. She is also a Companion of the Guild of St George.

Personal life

Fagence Cooper lives near York and is married to John Cooper. They have two daughters, Rosalind and Beatrice.

Selected publications

  • Victorians at Home and Abroad. London: V & A Publications, 2001. ISBN 1851773290 (With Paul Atterbury)
  • The Victorian Woman. London: V & A Publications, 2001. ISBN 1851773304
  • Pre-raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V & A Publications, 2003. ISBN 1851773932
  • The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and Millais. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 2010. ISBN 0715638645
  • Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais. St. Martin's Press, 2011.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dickensian delights". Yorkshire Post. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Honorary Visiting Fellows - History of Art, The University of York". York.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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