Rosemary Hill FRSL, FSA (born 10 April 1957) is an English writer, historian and independent scholar who specialises on the cultural history of the 19th- and 20th-centuries.

Early life

Hill was born on 10 April 1957 in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, England. She studied English Literature at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

, graduating in 1979. She achieved her PhD from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

in 2011.

Career

Hill has published widely on

antiquarianism An antiquarian or antiquary () is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artefacts, archaeological and historic s ...

and the cultural history of the

romantic period Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...

of the 19th- and 20th-centuries, but is best known for ''God's Architect: Pugin and the building of Romantic Britain'' (2007), her biography of

Augustus Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival architecture ...

. The book won the Wolfson History Prize, the

James Tait Black Memorial Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Un ...

, the Elizabeth Longford Prize, and the Marsh Biography Award. Hill is a trustee of the

Victorian Society The Victorian Society is a UK charity and amenity society that campaigns to preserve and promote interest in Victorian and Edwardian architecture and heritage built between 1837 and 1914 in England and Wales. As a statutory consultee, by l ...

, a contributing editor to the ''

London Review of Books The ''London Review of Books'' (''LRB'') is a British literary magazine published bimonthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews. History The ''London Review of Book ...

'', and a Quondam Fellow of

All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full me ...

. She was a member of the

English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, a battlefield, medieval castles, Roman forts, historic industrial sites, Lis ...

Blue Plaques Panel from 2014 to 2022. In 2023, Hill was a Visiting Fellow at

Melbourne University The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of Victoria. Its ...

's department of Architecture Building and Planning.

Personal life

Hill has been married twice. Her first husband was the poet Christopher Logue (1926–2011), whom she married in 1985; and her second was the architectural historian and journalist Gavin Stamp (1948–2017), whom she married on 10 April 2014.

Select publications

Books: * ''Time’s Witness: History in the age of Romanticism'' ( Allen Lane) (2021) * ''Stonehenge'' (Profile) (2008) * ''God’s Architect: Pugin and the building of Romantic Britain'' (Allen Lane) (2007)

References

External links

Rosemary Hill
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