Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946) was a British

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Life

Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at

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and

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at

Gonville and Caius College Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of th ...

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the

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in 1940.Professor Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA 1883-1946
Retrieved 21 December 2019. Brooke is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, with his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888-1964). He was the father of Christopher N. L. Brooke, who was also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College. He died on 7 October 1946.

Works

His published works include: *''The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John'' (

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; ) *''A History of Europe from 911 to 1198 (History of medieval and modern Europe;vol.2)'' ( Methuen)

References

External links

Research papers of Zachary Nugent Brooke
from

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* 1883 births 1946 deaths British medievalists People educated at Bradfield College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy Professors of Medieval History (Cambridge) 20th-century British historians {{UK-historian-stub