Zachary Brooke | |
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Born | Zachary Nugent Brooke 1 December 1883 |
Died | 2 October 1946 Cambridge, England | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Rosa Brooke |
Children | Christopher N. L. Brooke |
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Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
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Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Medieval history |
Institutions | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.
Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1940.[1]
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.
His published works include:
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