Claire Donovan
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Academic
Historian
Claire Marie Donovan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1948 |
| Died | 5 June 2019 (aged 71) |
| Occupation(s) | Lecturer Academic Historian |
| Spouse | |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford University of East Anglia |
| Thesis | The early development of the illustrated book of hours in England, c. 1240-1350 (1981) |
Claire Marie Donovan FSA RA FRHistS (née Baker; 12 February 1948 – 5 June 2019[1]) was a British historian and academic.
Donovan was educated in Oxford before studying an undergraduate degree in English and History of Art at the University of London. She gained a Postgraduate diploma from Somerville College, Oxford and a PhD from the University of East Anglia.[2] Her PhD thesis, "The Early Development of the Illustrated Book of Hours in England, c. 1240–1350," was filed in 1981.[3]
She was vice principal of Dartington College of Arts, an Honorary Research Fellow in the College of Humanities at the University of Exeter, a Council member of the Devon History Society, a Trustee of Poltimore House Trust[4] and Chair of the South West Association of Preservation Trusts.[2]
