Nationality British Role Author | Name Zachary Brooke Fields Middle Ages | |
Born 1 December 1883 ( 1883-12-01 ) Institutions St John's College, Cambridge Alma mater Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Died 1946, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Education St John's College, Cambridge Books The English Church, A History of Europe - from 911 t, The Prospects of Mediev, The Letters and Charters Similar People Michael Oakeshott, R G Collingwood, Ferdinand Tonnies, Baruch Spinoza, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich | ||
Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA (born 1 December 1883, died 7 October 1946) was a British medieval historian and author.
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Life
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.
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 is also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College.
Works
His published works include:
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