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Joan Thirsk

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British historian and cryptologist (1922-2013)

United KingdomWritersLived 1922 to 2013 · aged 91
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Irene Joan Thirsk was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era, as well as an important social and economic historian. Her work highlighted the regional differences in agricultural practices in England.

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1991honorary doctorate
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

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Irene Joan Thirsk was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era, as well as an important social and economic historian. Her work highlighted the regional differences in agricultural practices in England. She also had an interest in food history and local English history, in particular of Hadlow, Kent.

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Lived 1922 to 2013 · aged 91
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