Teresa Webber Explained

Mary Teresa Josephine Webber, is a British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic. She has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge since 1997 and Professor of Palaeography at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge since 2018.[1] [2] [3] [4] Webber studied Modern History as an undergraduate at Somerville College, Oxford.

Honours

In 2001, Webber was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[5] On 5 June 2003, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[6] In July 2017, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[7]

From 2015 to 2016, Webber held the J. P. R. Lyell Reader in Bibliography at the University of Oxford. She therefore delivered the Lyell Lectures for that academic year: her lecture series was titled "Public Reading and its Books: Monastic Ideals and Practice in England c. 1000-c. 1300".[8]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teresa Webber - Curriculum Vitae. Academia.edu. 23 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Dr Teresa Webber. Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. 23 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Dr Teresa Webber. British Academy. 23 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Master & Fellows. Trinity College. University of Cambridge. 23 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Fellows - W. Royal Historical Society. 23 January 2018. December 2017.
  6. Web site: Fellows Directory - Webber. Society of Antiquaries of London. 23 January 2018.
  7. Web site: Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research. British Academy. 23 January 2018. 2 July 2017.
  8. Web site: The Lyell & McKenzie Lectures. Centre for the Study of the Book. Bodleian Libraries. 23 January 2018.