Rose Graham | |
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Born | 16 August 1875 London, England |
Died | 29 July 1963 London, England | (aged 87)
Rose Graham CBE FSA FRHistS (16 August 1875 – 29 July 1963) was a British religious historian.
Graham was born in London in 1875 to W. Edgar Graham and Jane ( née Newton). [1] She was educated at Notting Hill High School and Somerville College, Oxford. [2]
After graduating, Graham embarked on a research career that saw her producing a series of books on church history, the first of which was a study of St Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of a double monastery. [3] Graham was encouraged by her mother and with her she travelled in France to research her second book. She wasn't able to gain a degree until 1920 from Oxford. [4] She was awarded a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree by Oxford in 1929. [1] She was made an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College in 1933, and worked as a member of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments from 1934 to 1963. [1]
In 1945 she became the first female president of the British Archaeological Association which she held until 1951 when she served on as vice president until 1963. [2] She had also been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). [1]
She died on 29 July 1963. [1] Her early work on ecclesiastical history is seen as a great foundation for later scholarship on women's history. [5]
Rose Graham | |
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Born | 16 August 1875 London, England |
Died | 29 July 1963 London, England | (aged 87)
Rose Graham CBE FSA FRHistS (16 August 1875 – 29 July 1963) was a British religious historian.
Graham was born in London in 1875 to W. Edgar Graham and Jane ( née Newton). [1] She was educated at Notting Hill High School and Somerville College, Oxford. [2]
After graduating, Graham embarked on a research career that saw her producing a series of books on church history, the first of which was a study of St Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of a double monastery. [3] Graham was encouraged by her mother and with her she travelled in France to research her second book. She wasn't able to gain a degree until 1920 from Oxford. [4] She was awarded a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree by Oxford in 1929. [1] She was made an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College in 1933, and worked as a member of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments from 1934 to 1963. [1]
In 1945 she became the first female president of the British Archaeological Association which she held until 1951 when she served on as vice president until 1963. [2] She had also been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). [1]
She died on 29 July 1963. [1] Her early work on ecclesiastical history is seen as a great foundation for later scholarship on women's history. [5]