Alexandra Walsham | |
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| Born | 4 January 1966 Hayle, England |
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| Other names | Alexandra Marie Walsham |
| Awards | Wolfson History Prize (2012) |
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| Thesis | Aspects of Providentialism in Early Modern England (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Collinson |
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| Discipline | History |
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Alexandra Marie Walsham CBE FRHistS FBA FAHA (born 4 January 1966) is an English-Australian academic historian. She specialises in early modern Britain and in the impact of the Protestant and Catholic reformations. Since 2010, she has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and is currently a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. She is co-editor of Past & Present and vice-president of the Royal Historical Society.