Frances Harris Explained

Frances Harris
Birth Name:	Frances Marjorie Harris
Birth Date:	8 January 1950
Birth Place:	Victoria, Australia
Death Place:	London, England

Frances Harris (8 January 195017 February 2021), was a British historian known for her focus on the Stuart period.

Biography

Frances Harris was born in Victoria, Australia to the commercial artist Esther Hall and Laurence Harris, a civil servant. Harris was educated in Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne. Her father's job took the family to Britain in 1967 and Harris remained to attend Westfield College, London University where she graduated with a degree in English in 1971. Harris completed her PhD in 1975. She followed up the doctorate with a diploma in library and information studies through University College London. Harris then took up a position in the British Library. Harris wrote three books on the Stuart period beginning in 1991. In 2004 Harris's second book won a Wolfson History Prize. When Harris retired in 2010 she was the head of modern historical manuscripts.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Private life

Harris was in a civil partnership with Elfrida Roberts. She was diagnosed with a myeloma in December 2020 and died on 17 February 2021.

Bibliography

• A Passion for Government: The Life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, 1991
• Transformations of Love:The Friendship of John Evelyn and Margaret Godolphin, 2003
• The General in Winter:The Marlborough-Godolphin Friendship and the Reign of Anne, 2017

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2004 Wolfson History Prize Winners . The Wolfson History Prize.
2. News: Wright . C. J. . Frances Harris obituary . the Guardian . 29 March 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Harris . Frances . Frances Harris · LRB . London Review of Books.
4. Book: Harris . Frances . The General in Winter: The Marlborough-Godolphin Friendship and the Reign of Anne . Oxford University Press . 6 July 2017. 978-0-19-880244-0 .