Zachary Brooke (historian) explained

Zachary Brooke
Birth Name:Zachary Nugent Brooke
Birth Date:1 December 1883
Death Place:Cambridge, England
Nationality:British
Spouse:Rosa Brooke
Children:Christopher N. L. Brooke
Alma Mater:St John's College, Cambridge
Discipline:History
Sub Discipline:Medieval history
Workplaces:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Zachary Nugent Brooke (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.

Life

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.

Works

His published works include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/zachary-nugent-brooke-FBA Professor Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA 1883-1946