Christina Larner | |
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Born | Christina Jessy Ross 22 September 1933
London, England |
Died | 27 April 1983
Glasgow, Scotland | (aged 49)
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | University of Glasgow |
Spouse | John Patrick Larner |
Children | 2 |
Christina Larner (22 September 1933 – 27 April 1983) was a British historian with pioneering studies about European witchcraft and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow. [1] [2] She was an expert on the history of witchcraft in Scotland. [3]
Christina Larner was born in London, the daughter of Helen Margaret Wallace and John MacDonald Ross, senior civil servant, who both went to university. [1] After attending South Hampstead High School for Girls (London), she matriculated and graduated with first class honours in Modern History in 1957 at the University of Edinburgh. [4] She was awarded a PhD at the University of Edinburgh for her thesis 'Continental Influences on Scottish Demonology, 1560–1700’ in 1962. [4] [5]
After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Larner moved to the University of Glasgow as a part-time assistant in the Department of Politics and Sociology in 1966. [4] In 1972, she was appointed Lecturer in Sociology and was subsequently Senior Lecturer. She was awarded a titular professorship at the University of Glasgow in the same year as she died. [1] [2]
In 1960, she married John Patrick Larner, a historian of Renaissance Italy. [1] They had two sons, Patrick and Gavin. [4]
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Christina Larner | |
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Born | Christina Jessy Ross 22 September 1933
London, England |
Died | 27 April 1983
Glasgow, Scotland | (aged 49)
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | University of Glasgow |
Spouse | John Patrick Larner |
Children | 2 |
Christina Larner (22 September 1933 – 27 April 1983) was a British historian with pioneering studies about European witchcraft and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow. [1] [2] She was an expert on the history of witchcraft in Scotland. [3]
Christina Larner was born in London, the daughter of Helen Margaret Wallace and John MacDonald Ross, senior civil servant, who both went to university. [1] After attending South Hampstead High School for Girls (London), she matriculated and graduated with first class honours in Modern History in 1957 at the University of Edinburgh. [4] She was awarded a PhD at the University of Edinburgh for her thesis 'Continental Influences on Scottish Demonology, 1560–1700’ in 1962. [4] [5]
After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Larner moved to the University of Glasgow as a part-time assistant in the Department of Politics and Sociology in 1966. [4] In 1972, she was appointed Lecturer in Sociology and was subsequently Senior Lecturer. She was awarded a titular professorship at the University of Glasgow in the same year as she died. [1] [2]
In 1960, she married John Patrick Larner, a historian of Renaissance Italy. [1] They had two sons, Patrick and Gavin. [4]
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