Suzanne Fagence Cooper is a British non-fiction writer who has written extensively on the
Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian women.
Education and career
Fagence Cooper received a BA in history from Oxford University and spent 12 years as a curator of the Victorian collections at the
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
where she co-curated ''The Victorian Vision'' exhibition in 2001. She is an honorary visiting fellow of the
University of York
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As well as writing, Fagence Cooper is a design consultant and has worked with the BBC and Channel 4 and was a historical consultant for the 2013 film ''
The Invisible Woman''. She was a contributor to Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone for BBC television, including providing a factual, historical perspective on the way Victorian lives can be presented in museums. She is also a Companion of the
Guild of St George
The Guild of St George is a charitable Education Trust, based in England but with a worldwide membership, which tries to uphold the values and put into practice the ideas of its founder, John Ruskin (1819–1900).
History
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Personal life
Fagence Cooper lives near York and is married to John Cooper. They have two daughters, Rosalind and Beatrice.
Selected publications
*''Victorians at Home and Abroad''. London:
V & A Publications, 2001. (With Paul Atterbury)
*''The Victorian Woman''. London: V & A Publications, 2001.
*''Pre-raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum''. London: V & A Publications, 2003.
*''The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and Millais''. London,
Gerald Duckworth & Co., 2010.
*''Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais''.
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...
, 2011.
See also
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Effie Gray
Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais (''née'' Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and the wife of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously been married to the art critic John Ruskin, ...
References
External links
Official websiteSuzanne Fagence Cooper talking about Effie Gray
Living people
People associated with the Victoria and Albert Museum
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the University of Oxford
British women writers
Guild of St George
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