Rosalind Mitchison Collection

Rosalind Mitchison Collection

Born 11 April 1919 in Manchester, 'Rowy' Mitchison was the daughter of a mathematician and the grand-daughter of a historian. She was educated at the Dragon school, Oxford, Channing school, Highgate, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she graduated with a double first. In 1947, she married the scientist Murdoch Mitchison, a son of the writer Naomi Mitchison and later professor of zoology at Edinburgh University. After a variety of teaching and lecturing jobs in English universities, in 1953 Rowy moved to Edinburgh with her husband, who had been appointed to a lectureship. She herself began teaching part-time in what became the department of economic history, and developed an interest in the history of Scotland, on which she contributed a number of landmark publications. She was professor of social history from 1981 to 1986. Mitchison died in Edinburgh 19 December 2002 Source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries

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Born 11 April 1919 in Manchester, 'Rowy' Mitchison was the daughter of a mathematician and the grand-daughter of a historian. She was educated at the Dragon school, Oxford, Channing school, Highgate, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she graduated with a double first. In 1947, she married the scientist Murdoch Mitchison, a son of the writer Naomi Mitchison and later professor of zoology at Edinburgh University. After a variety of teaching and lecturing jobs in English universities, in 1953 Rowy moved to Edinburgh with her husband, who had been appointed to a lectureship. She herself began teaching part-time in what became the department of economic history, and developed an interest in the history of Scotland, on which she contributed a number of landmark publications. She was professor of social history from 1981 to 1986. Mitchison died in Edinburgh 19 December 2002 Source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries

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