Suzanne Elizabeth Fagence Cooper is a British non-fiction writer who has written extensively on the

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and

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women.

Education and career

Fagence Cooper received a BA in history from

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and spent 12 years as a curator of the Victorian collections at the

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where she co-curated ''The Victorian Vision'' exhibition in 2001. She is an honorary visiting fellow of the

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. As well as writing, Fagence Cooper is a design consultant and has worked with the BBC Channel 4 and was a historical consultant for the 2013 film ''

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''. She was a contributor to Fred Dibnah's ''World of Steam, Steel and Stone'' for BBC television, including providing a factual, historical perspective on the way Victorian lives can be presented in museums. She is also a Companion of the

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Personal life

Fagence Cooper lives near

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and is married to John Cooper. They have two daughters, Rosalind and Beatrice.

Selected publications

*''Victorians at Home and Abroad''. London: V & A Publications, 2001. (With Paul Atterbury) *''The Victorian Woman''. London: V & A Publications, 2001. *''Pre-raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum''. London: V & A Publications, 2003. *''The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and Millais''. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 2010. *''Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais''.

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, 2011.

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Living people 1970s births People associated with the Victoria and Albert Museum Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of the University of Bern Alumni of Brunel University London Alumni of the University of Oxford British women art historians English women curators English women writers Guild of St George Writers from Surrey {{UK-writer-stub

Education and career

Personal life

Selected publications

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