Rosemary Mitchell
Rosemary Ann Mitchell was a British historian. A Victorianist, she was Professor of Victorian Studies at Leeds Trinity University and, following retirement from this role, an ordained Anglican deacon.
Early life
Mitchell was born in Poole, Dorset, on 9 June 1967, the only child of Leslie Mitchell and his wife Eileen. She was educated at Brigidine School, Windsor and then at Padworth College. She read history at Lincoln College, Oxford, remaining there to undertake a Diploma in the History of Art and a DPhil.Academic career
From 1993 Mitchell was a research editor for the Victorian sections of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She joined the staff of Leeds Trinity University in 1999, subsequently becoming Professor of Victorian Studies in 2018. She was also the director of the Leeds Victorian Studies Centre. She retired from Leeds Trinity University in 2019. She was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Victorian Culture. Her scholarship was noted for its interdisciplinarity.Works
- Picturing the Past: English History in Text and Image, 1830-1870.
- Mutual Comprehensions: France and Britain in the Long Nineteenth Century.
- Holding Up Half the Sky .
Ordination