Susan Doran

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Professor Susan Doran FRHistS
Doran speaks to the British Library in 2021.
Born	Susan Michelle Savitt (1948-02-07) 7 February 1948 (age 76)
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Historian and academic
Title	Professor of Early Modern British History
Spouse	Alan Doran
Children	2
Academic background
Alma mater	St Anne's College, Oxford University College London
Thesis	The Political Career of Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1526?-1583) (1977)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Early modern Britain political history History of religions English Reformation
Institutions	St Paul's Girls' School St Mary's University College Christ Church, Oxford St Benet's Hall, Oxford Jesus College, Oxford

Susan Michelle Doran FRHistS^[1] (née Savitt;^[2] born 7 February 1948)^[3] is a British historian whose primary studies surround the reign of Elizabeth I, in particular the theme of marriage and succession. She has published and edited sixteen books, notably Elizabeth I and Religion, 1558-1603, Monarchy and Matrimony and Queen Elizabeth I, the last part of the British Library's Historic Lives series.

Doran is Professor of Early Modern British History at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College. She was a Fellow of St Benet's Hall prior to its closure in 2022.