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Linda Colley

British historian · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1949 · age 77

Dame Linda Jane Colley is an expert on British, imperial and global history from 1700. She is currently Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. She previously held chairs at Yale University and at the London School of Economics.

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2023Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2022Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2017Guggenheim FellowshipAward2009Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2004Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1993Wolfson History PrizeAward1988Fellow of the Royal Historical SocietyAward1949Born13 September 1949

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