Joan Thirsk
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish historian and cryptologist (1922-2013)
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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Richard BarberAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Andreas LoeweAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical SocietyWilliam RubinsteinAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical SocietyPrys MorganAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Alison BashfordAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Kiran Klaus PatelAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical SocietyAbout this person
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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