Background
THIRSK, Irene Joan was born on June 19, 1922 in London. Daughter of William Henry Watkins and Daisy Watkins (n£e Frayer).
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Irene Joan THIRSK
Irene Joan THIRSK, British historian and academic. Royal Commission, on Historical Monuments of England 1977-1986, Historical Manuscripts since 1989; American Philosophical Society; Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
Education
Bachelor with honors, Westfield College, University London, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Westfield College, University London, 1950. D.Litt (honorary), University Leicester, 1985.
D.Litt (honorary), East Anglia University, 1990. Doctor, Open University, 1991. D.Litt (honorary), Kent University, 1993.
D.Apri. (honorary), Wageningen University, 1993. D.Litt (honorary), Sussex University, 1994. D.Litt (honorary), Southampton University, 1999.
D.Litt (honorary), Greenwich University, 2001.
Career
Assistant Lecturer in Sociology, London School of Economics 1950-1951. Senior Research Fellow in Agrarian History, Department, of English Local History, Leicester University 1951-1965. Reader in Economics History, Oxford University 1965-1983, Professorial Fellow of Saint Hilda’s College 83, Honorary Fellow since 1983.
President British Association for Local History since 1986.
General; Fellow, National Humanities Center, North Carolina, United States of America 1986-1987.
Achievements
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Irene Joan Thirsk has been listed as a notable historian, writer by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member Royal Commission on History Monuments, 1977-1986. Served with British Army, 1942-1945. Fellow Royal History Society, British Academy.
Member American Philosophical Society (foreign), Colonial Society Massachusetts (correspondent), Edmonton Hundred History Society (president 1978-1996), Brit Association for Local History (president 1986-1992), British Agricultural History Society (editor Journal 1964-1972, president 1983-1986, 95-98), Past and Present (editorial board 1956-1992), Economic History Society (council 1955-1983), Kent History Federation (president 1990-1999).
Interests
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Gardening, sewing and machine knitting.
Connections
Married James Wood, September 12, 1945. Children: Martin David, Jane Freya.
- Father:
- William Henry Watkins
- Mother:
- Daisy (Frayer) Watkins
- Spouse:
- James Wood
- child:
- Jane Freya Thirsk
- child:
- Martin David Thirsk
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Born
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Nationality
British
Awards
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Honorary fellow Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University, 1997, Kellogg College, Oxford, 1998.Honorary fellow Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University, 1997, Kellogg College, Oxford, 1998.