Joan Thirsk

Joan Thirsk
Born
Irene Joan Watkins

(1922-06-19)19 June 1922
St Pancras, London Borough of Camden
Died3 October 2013(2013-10-03) (aged 91)[1]
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
NationalityBritish
Other namesIrene Joan Thirsk
Alma materOxford University
Occupation(s)Author, historian, academic, cryptologist

Irene Joan Thirsk, CBE, FBA, FRHistS (née Watkins; 19 June 1922 – 3 October 2013[1]) was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture.[2] She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era,[3] as well as an important social and economic historian. Her work highlighted the regional differences in agricultural practices in England. She also had an interest in food history and local English history, in particular of Hadlow, Kent.

  1. ^ a b "Joan Thirsk Obituary". The Telegraph. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ Dyer, Christopher (15 October 2013). "Joan Thirsk obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, XIV, 573–596" (PDF). The British Academy.