Tracy Borman | |
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Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University | |
In office 1 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Judith Mayhew Jonas |
Personal details | |
Born | Tracy Joanne Borman 1 January 1972 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Hull |
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Tracy Joanne Borman OBE FRHistS [1] (born 1 January 1972) [2] is a historian and author from Scothern, Lincolnshire, England. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women, a portrait-gallery of the powerful women who influenced Queen Elizabeth I.
In July 2022 Borman was made Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. [3]
Borman was born in 1972 in Lincoln, and brought up in the nearby village of Scothern. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters Academy), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School (now Lincoln Castle Academy), Lincoln. [4] [5] She studied and taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a PhD in 1997. [5]
Elizabeth's Women was serialised and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. [6] Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009. [7]
In 2013, she was appointed Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces alongside Lucy Worsley. [8]
In 2021, Borman also authored an immersive audiovisual step inside a story walking tour for Kensington Gardens entitled Tales of a Mistress in the Georgian Court on the BARDEUM mobile app. [9]
On 14 June 2024 Borman was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the King's Birthday Honours for services to heritage. [10]
She and her husband, whom she married at the Tower of London, live in New Malden, southwest London. [11]
Tracy Borman | |
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Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University | |
In office 1 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Judith Mayhew Jonas |
Personal details | |
Born | Tracy Joanne Borman 1 January 1972 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
Alma mater | University of Hull |
Occupation |
|
Tracy Joanne Borman OBE FRHistS [1] (born 1 January 1972) [2] is a historian and author from Scothern, Lincolnshire, England. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women, a portrait-gallery of the powerful women who influenced Queen Elizabeth I.
In July 2022 Borman was made Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. [3]
Borman was born in 1972 in Lincoln, and brought up in the nearby village of Scothern. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters Academy), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School (now Lincoln Castle Academy), Lincoln. [4] [5] She studied and taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a PhD in 1997. [5]
Elizabeth's Women was serialised and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. [6] Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009. [7]
In 2013, she was appointed Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces alongside Lucy Worsley. [8]
In 2021, Borman also authored an immersive audiovisual step inside a story walking tour for Kensington Gardens entitled Tales of a Mistress in the Georgian Court on the BARDEUM mobile app. [9]
On 14 June 2024 Borman was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the King's Birthday Honours for services to heritage. [10]
She and her husband, whom she married at the Tower of London, live in New Malden, southwest London. [11]