Veronica Wedgwood
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Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1910 - 1997
Occupation
Historian, Academic
Notable Achievements
Order of Merit, Order of Orange-Nassau, DBE, FRHistS
Description
Historian and biographer whose specialty was the history of 17th century England (English Civil War) and Europe. Books include 'The Thirty Years War' (1938), 'The King's Peace' (1955), 'The King's War' (1958), 'The Trial of Charles I' (1964), and biographies of William the Silent, Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Wentworth, Josia Wedgewood (her uncle), and Cardinal Richelieu. Special Lecturer at University College London (1962-1991). Served on the Arts Council (1958-1961), the Advisory Council of the Victoria and Albert Museum (1960–69), and was twice a trustee of the National Gallery (1962–68 and 1969–76) and its first female trustee. Elected a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters (1966), and received the Goethe Medal in 1958. Appointed a Dame of the British Empire (1968) and the Order of Orange-Nassau (1944), and received the Order of Merit (1969). Her long-time partner was civil servant Jacqueline Hope-Wallace.
See Also
- LGBTQ Recipients of the Order of Merit
- Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Members of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- LGBTQ Historians
