David Starkey

David Starkey

male, 64 years old
Dr. David Robert Starkey, Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, cbe, Westmorland, Geoffrey Elton…Tudorperiod, Tudor dynasty
Dr. David Robert Starkey CBE (born 3 January 1945) is an English historian, and a specialist in the Tudor period. Starkey was the only child of...
John Guy

John Guy

male, 60 years old
Academic of the University of Cambridge, Warragul, Victoria, Tudorperiod, British undergraduate degree classification, Clare College, Cambridge, Johns Hopkins University…tudor
John Guy (born 1949 in Warragul, Australia) is a leading British historian and biographer. Born in Australia, he moved to Britain with his parents...
Polydore Vergil

Polydore Vergil

male, deceased (1555)
from Marche, Tudor dynasty, University of Paris, henry viii, pavia, Astrology…tudor, Tudorperiod
Polydore Vergil or Virgil (c. 1470 - 1555) was an English historian, of Italian extraction, otherwise known as PV Castellensis. He is a primary...
Richard Pace

Richard Pace

male, deceased (1536)
Secretary of State of the Kingdom of England, English Renaissance humanist, Tudor clergy, Dean of Salisbury, diplomat, Old Wykehamist…tudor, Tudor dynasty, Tudorperiod
Richard Pace (c. 1482 - June 28 1536) was an English diplomat of the Tudor period. He was educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton, and...
Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons

male, deceased (1625)
Madrigal composer, English classical organist, apoplexy, Renaissance composer, baptism, composer…tudor, Tudorperiod
Orlando Gibbons (baptised December 25 1583 - June 5 1625) was an English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was...
Eric Ives

Eric Ives

male, 78 years old
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Eric William Ives, The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn, Tudorperiod, Order of the British Empire
Eric William Ives, OBE (born 12 July 1931) is a well-respected British historian and an expert on the Tudor period (1485 - 1603.) He is...

Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

male, deceased (1994)
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, German, Jewish person, Jewish, constitutionalist, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge…Tudorperiod
Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (August 17, 1921 - December 3, 1994) was a preeminent British historian of the Tudor period.
Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk

Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk

male, deceased (1554)
executed under the Tudors, Duke of Suffolk, executed by decapitation, execution, Tudor dynasty, Marquess of Dorset…tudor, Tudorperiod
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c.1515 - February 23, 1554), known as the Marquess of Dorset between 1530 and 1551, was an English nobleman of the...
J. H. Hexter

J. H. Hexter

male, deceased (1996)
historian, British history, Tudorperiod, Washington University faculty, tudor, Historiographer
Jack H. Hexter was an American historian, a specialist in Tudor and seventeenth century British history, and well known for his comments on...
Robert Kett

Robert Kett

male, deceased (1549)
Rebel, tanner, norwich, manor, tudor, From Norfolk…Tudor dynasty, Tudorperiod
—Robert Kett (or Ket was an English rebel of the Tudor period. He is thought to have been a tanner, but he certainly held the manor of Wymondham in...