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Jenny Wormald FRSE FRHistS HonFSA Scot | |
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| Born | Jennifer Mary Tannahill (1942-01-18)18 January 1942 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 9 December 2015(2015-12-09) (aged 73) Portobello, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
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| Children | Three sons |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
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| Discipline | Historian |
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Dr Jennifer "Jenny" Wormald FRSA, FRHistS HonFSA Scot (18 January 1942 – 9 December 2015) was a Scottish historian who studied late medieval and early modern Scotland.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Academic career
3 Personal life
4 Select bibliography
5 References
Early life and education[edit]
Jennifer Tannahill was born in Glasgow on 18 January 1942, and was adopted by Margaret (née Dunlop) and Dr Thomas Tannahill, a general practitioner.[1] She was educated at Glasgow High School for Girls, and went on to study history at the University of Glasgow, where she completed her Ph.D.[1] Her thesis was on the history of the late medieval Scottish nobility through analysis of a kind of document known as a bond of manrent.[2]
Academic career[edit]
Wormald (at this time known as Felicity Brown) taught at the University of Glasgow between 1966 and 1985, and then St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, between 1985 and 2005. She held a variety of other posts in this time, including Fellow Librarian and Senior Tutor at St Hilda's.[3]
Her most important research was on bloodfeud in early modern Scotland, particularly in her article "Bloodfeud, Kindred and Government in Early Modern Scotland", which was highly influential.[4] Wormald also produced a study of the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was most recently an Honorary Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. Wormald was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on 30 November 2015.
Personal life[edit]
In 1964, Wormald married A. L. Brown. As Brown was a devout Roman Catholic, she converted to Catholicism when they married. They had one son and later divorced.[1] In 1974 she married the historian Patrick Wormald, and together they had two sons. They divorced in 2001.[5]
Select bibliography[edit]
- 'Bloodfeud, Kindred and Government in Early Modern Scotland', Past and Present, 87 (1980).
Court, Kirk and Community: Scotland 1470-1625. Edward Arnold. 1981
- reprinted Edinburgh University Press. 1991
- 'James VI and I: Two Kings or One?', History, 68 (1983).
- 'Gunpowder, Treason and Scots', Journal of British Studies, 24 (1985).
Lords and Men in Scotland: Bonds of Manrent, 1442-1603. John Donald. 1985
Mary Queen of Scots: a Study in Failure. George Philip. 1988
- 2nd edition, as Mary Queen of Scots: Politics, Passion and a Kingdom Lost. George Philip. 2001
- (editor) Scotland revisited. Collins & Brown. 1991
- (Editor & contributor), The Oxford Illustrated History of Scotland. Oxford University Press. 2005
References[edit]
^ abc Heal, Felicity (29 January 2016). "Jenny Wormald obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Jenny Wormald - Historian who argued that Mary Queen of Scots was a monarch of 'little wit and no judgment'". The Daily Telegraph. 31 May 2016. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
^ "Jenny Wormald, former Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at St Hilda's, has died". Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ Davison, Phil. "Dr Jenny Wormald". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ Jack, Sybil. "Jenny Wormald Obituary". Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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- Scottish historians
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford
- British women historians
- 1942 births
- 2015 deaths
- Scottish adoptees
- Converts to Roman Catholicism
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
- People educated at the High School of Glasgow
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Academics of the University of Oxford
- People from Glasgow
- Scottish women academics
- Scottish Roman Catholics
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