Caroline Mary Barron (''née'' Hogarth; born 1940) is a British retired

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. She is

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in the department of history at

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. Barron's research relates to "late medieval British history, particularly the

history of the City of London History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

, the reign of

Richard II Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father died ...

and the history of women." She studied at

Somerville College, Oxford Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. Among its alumnae have been Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, Ir ...

. Barron served as President of the

London and Middlesex Archaeological Society The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) is a society founded in 1855 for the study of the archaeology and local history of the City of London and the historic county of Middlesex. It also takes an interest in districts that were h ...

from 2008 to 2011. She was named President of the

British Association For Local History The British Association for Local History (BALH) is a membership organisation that exists to promote the advancement of public education through the study of local history and to encourage and assist the study of local history throughout Great Bri ...

in June 2016, succeeding

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. Barron is an honorary fellow of

and was former President of the Somerville Association. She was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to education.

Personal life

Barron is the granddaughter of

David George Hogarth David George Hogarth (23 May 1862 – 6 November 1927), also known as D. G. Hogarth, was a British archaeologist and scholar associated with T. E. Lawrence and Arthur Evans. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1909 to 1927. Hog ...

, a noted archaeologist and decorated naval intelligence officer. In 1962, the then Caroline Hogarth married John Barron (1934–2008), a classical scholar and later Master of

St Peter's College, Oxford St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and is located in New Inn Hall Street, Oxford, United Kingdom. It occupies the site of two of the university's medieval halls, dating back to at least the 14th c ...

. They had two daughters.

Selected publications

*''Medieval London: Collected Papers of Caroline M. Barron'', ed. Martha Carlin and Joel. T. Rosenthal. Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, 2017. *''London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200-1500''. Oxford,

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, 2004. *''Pilgrim Souls: Margery Kempe and other Women Pilgrims''. London,

Confraternity of St James The Confraternity of Saint James is a pilgrims' association, educational charity and book publisher for the ancient and modern-day pilgrim route the Way of St. James ( es, Camino de Santiago) to the city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in n ...

, 2004. *''Hugh Alley's Caveat: the Markets of London in 1598''.

London Topographical Society The London Topographical Society was founded as the Topographical Society of London in 1880 to publish "material illustrating the history and topography of the City and County of London from the earliest times to the present day".Museum of London The Museum of London is a museum in London, covering the history of the UK's capital city from prehistoric to modern times. It was formed in 1976 by amalgamating collections previously held by the City Corporation at the Guildhall, London, Gui ...

, 1981. *''The Parish of St Andrew Holborn: the history of the western suburbs of London from Roman times to the Second World War''. London, 1979. *''The Medieval Guildhall of London''.

Corporation of London The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the municipal governing body of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United King ...

, 1974.

References

External links

Caroline Barron talking on supervising PhD candidates.

Institute of Historical Research The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hous ...

. Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Living people British medievalists British women historians Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford 1940 births Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford Historians of London {{UK-historian-stub