Background
Jennifer Tannahill was born in Glasgow in 1942, the daughter of the astronomer Thomas Russell Tannahill.
Jennifer Tannahill was born in Glasgow in 1942, the daughter of the astronomer Thomas Russell Tannahill.
Wormald read history at the University of Glasgow, where she completed a Doctor of Philosophy thesis on the history of the late medieval Scottish nobility through analysis of a kind of document known as a bond of manrent.
Wormald taught at the University of Glasgow between 1966 and, and then Street Hilda"s College, University of Oxford, between and She held a variety of other posts in this time, including Fellow Librarian and Senior Tutor at Street Hilda"son Her most important research was on bloodfeud in early modern Scotland, particularly in her article "Bloodfeud, Kindred and Government in Early Modern Scotland", which was highly influential.
Wormald also produced a study of the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
She was most recently an Honorary Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. Collins &.