Zachary Brooke (historian)
Zachary Brooke | |
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| Born | Zachary Nugent Brooke 1 December 1883 |
| Died | 2 October 1946 (aged 62) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Rosa Brooke |
| Children | Christopher N. L. Brooke |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Medieval history |
| Institutions | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.
Life[edit]
Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1940.[1]
Brooke is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, with his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888-1964).
He was the father of Christopher N. L. Brooke, who was also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College.
He died on 7 October 1946.
Works[edit]
His published works include:
- The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John (Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-36687-9)
- A History of Europe from 911 to 1198 (History of medieval and modern Europe;vol.2) (Methuen)
References[edit]
- ^ Professor Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA 1883-1946 Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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