James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 84 (2002) Winner
Jenny Uglow
ジェニー・ウグロー
Jenī Ugurō
Aliases:
Jennifer Sheila Uglow
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-01-01 （England (presumed)）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cumbria → Dorset → Canterbury, Kent
Career
- Occupations
- biographer, historian, critic, publisher
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Chatto & Windus, University of Warwick (honorary visiting professor)
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Past President of the Alliance of Literary Societies
- Nominations
- Whitbread Prize biography shortlists (Elizabeth Gaskell, Hogarth)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Ladies' College | — | English | — | 1958-1964 | UK |
| St Anne's College, Oxford | — | English | BLitt | — | UK |
Cheltenham Ladies' College
English
Period:
1958-1964
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
UK
St Anne's College, Oxford
English
Degree:
BLitt
Country:
UK
First in English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810 | 伝記部門 | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Hessell-Tiltman Prize | The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810 | — | International PEN | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Hawthornden Prize | Mr. Lear | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Marfield Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2002
Work:
The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810
Category:
伝記部門
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Hessell-Tiltman Prize
2003
Work:
The Lunar Men: The Friends who Made the Future 1730–1810
Organization:
International PEN
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
2018
Work:
Mr. Lear
Result:
受賞
Marfield Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2003) Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 78 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
2002 History/BiographyStory of the Lunar Society's scientists and engineers including Erasmus Darwin, Matthew Boulton, James Watt, etc.
Scientific RevolutionEnlightenmentFriendship
Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick
2006 BiographyLife of wood-engraver Thomas Bewick.
ArtNature
Hogarth: A Life and a World
1997 BiographyLife of painter William Hogarth.
18th-century LondonSocial Satire
Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories
1993 BiographyLife of Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell.
Women WritersVictorian Era
Bibliography
- George Eliot (1987)
- Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories (1993)
- Hogarth: A Life and a World (1997)
- The Lunar Men (2002)
- Nature's Engraver (2006)
- Mr. Lear (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Vivid recreation of historical periodsDetailed and immersiveScholarly yet accessible
- Recurring Motifs
- Feel of past lifeIntersection of science and artRole of women
Legacy
Prominent British biographer known for detailed lives of 18th-century figures and scientists, multiple award-winner, influential in publishing.
In Popular Culture
- Historical consultant for BBC period dramas
Quotes
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I embarked on the Macmillan Biographical Dictionary of Women in a fit of pique because all reference books were full of men: it was a mad undertaking, born of a time when feminists wanted heroines and didn't have Google.
Source: The Guardian (2005)
Trivia
- née Crowther, married Steve Uglow 1971, four children
- Husband is emeritus professor at University of Kent
- OBE recipient