Rosemary Mitchell
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Rosemary Ann Mitchell (9 June 1967 – 20 September 2021) was a British historian. A Victorianist, she was Professor of Victorian Studies at Leeds Trinity University and, following retirement from this role, an ordained Anglican deacon.
Mitchell was born in Poole, Dorset, on 9 June 1967, the only child of Leslie Mitchell (the founder of the Jamboree on the Air) and his wife Eileen (née Hawkins).[1][2] She was educated at Brigidine School, Windsor and then at Padworth College.[1] She read history at Lincoln College, Oxford (BA, 1988), remaining there to undertake a Diploma in the History of Art and a DPhil (1991).[1]
Academic career
From 1993 Mitchell was a research editor for the Victorian sections of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[3][1] She joined the staff of Leeds Trinity University in 1999, subsequently becoming Professor of Victorian Studies in 2018.[4] She was also the director of the Leeds Victorian Studies Centre.[3] She retired from Leeds Trinity University in 2019.[5] She was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Victorian Culture.[3] Her scholarship was noted for its interdisciplinarity.[3]
