Margaret M. McGowan
British historian of dance and France (1931–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margaret Mary McGowan CBE (21 December 1931 – 16 March 2022) was a British dance historian and historian of early modern France. Her work was mainly focused on the late Renaissance and the fin-de-siècle period at the end of the nineteenth century. She was a chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres (2020), a winner of the Wolfson History Prize (2009), a member of the British Academy and an emerita research professor at the University of Sussex.
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Born | Margaret Mary McGowan (1931-12-21)21 December 1931 Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 90) Brighton, England |
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Alma mater | Warburg Institute, London |
Thesis | L'art du Ballet de Cour en France, 1581–1643 |
Doctoral advisor | Frances Yates |
Influences | D. P. Walker[1] |
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Discipline | Performing arts history |
Sub-discipline | European Renaissance dance |
Institutions | University of Strasbourg, University of Glasgow, University of Sussex |
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