Anna Whitelock, , is a British historian and academic, specialising in the History of Monarchy. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at

City, University of London City, University of London, is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City Univ ...

and Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Monarchy.

Career

Whitelock received her PhD from

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

in 2004 under the supervision of Dr

David Starkey David Robert Starkey (born 3 January 1945) is an English historian and radio and television presenter, with views that he describes as conservative. The only child of Quaker parents, he attended Kendal Grammar School before studying at Cambr ...

. She is Professor in the History of Monarchy at

, having previously taught at

Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departm ...

. Whitelock is an elected

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

(FRHistS). She won the PEN Weld Award for Biography.

Works

* ''Mary Tudor England's First Queen,'' London : Bloomsbury, 2010 , * ''Elizabeth's Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen's Court'', London : Bloomsbury, 2014. ,

References

External links

* http://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/ * http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/book-talk/author-interviews/q-a-with-anna-whitelock/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitelock, Anna Living people Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London British women historians 21st-century British historians 21st-century British women writers Year of birth missing (living people)