Maud Sellers (1861–1939) was a British historian and museum curator.

Biography

Sellers studied at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sid ...

before gaining her PhD from

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

in 1907. Sellers was interested in the history of the

Merchant Adventurers' Hall The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is a medieval guildhall in the city of York, England. It is a Grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument. History The majority of the Hall was built in 1357 by a group of influential men and women wh ...

in York, which she had first visited in 1895 and became involved in the restoration of the hall and the study of the Company of Merchant Adventurers. In 1913 Sellers was made a Member of that Company and was its first woman member in over 400 years. She became the Company's honorary archivist in 1918 and worked as the curator of the guild hall.

Publications

*Sellers, M. 1897. "York in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", ''English Historical Review'' 12, 437-447. *Sellers, M. 1908.
The Acts and Ordinances of the Eastfield Company
'. London, Royal Historical Society. *Sellers, M. 1912.
York Memorandum Book part 1 (1376–1419) lettered A–Y in the Guildhall muniment room
'.

Surtees Society The Surtees Society is a text publication society and registered charity (No. 1003812) based in Durham in northern England. The society was established on 27 May 1834 by James Raine, following the death (on 11 February) of the renowned County D ...

. *Sellers, M. (ed.) 1918. ''The York Mercers and Merchant Adventurers 1356–1917''. Durham. *Sellers, M. 1921. ''A Short Account of the Company of Adventurers of York''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sellers, Maud 1861 births 1939 deaths People from Harrogate British women curators British archivists Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Contributors to the Victoria County History