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Linda Colley

リンダ・コールリー

Rinda Kōrī

Aliases: Dame Linda Colley / Dame Linda Jane Colley

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1949-09-13 （Chester, Cheshire, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Historian, University Professor
Active Years
1975-2025
Affiliations
Princeton University, Yale University, London School of Economics, Girton College, Cambridge, Newnham College, Cambridge, Christ's College, Cambridge
Memberships
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea
Influenced By
John H. Plumb

Education

University of Bristol
History
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: United Kingdom
University of Cambridge
History
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1975
Country: United Kingdom
Doctorate on the Tory Party in the eighteenth century supervised by John H. Plumb

Awards

Wolfson History Prize
1992
Work: Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837
Organization: Wolfson Foundation
Result: Winner
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2017
Organization: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: Recipient
Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities
2025
Organization: Princeton University
Result: Winner
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
2022
Category: 歴史への貢献
Organization: UK Government
Result: Recipient
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2009
Category: 歴史への貢献
Organization: UK Government
Result: Recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-1760

1982 History

Challenges the view that the Tory Party was inactive out of power in 18th century England and Wales.

Tory PartyPolitical History

Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837

1992 History

Investigates how inhabitants of England, Scotland, and Wales came to see themselves as British.

Nation-buildingBritish History

Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850

2002 History

Uses captivity narratives to explore the vulnerability of the British Empire.

ImperialismCaptivity Narratives

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History

2007 Biography

Uses the life of Elizabeth Marsh to explore transnational histories.

Women's HistoryWorld History

Acts of Union and Disunion

2014 Historical Essays

Talks on the formation and fractures of the United Kingdom.

United KingdomIndependence

The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

2021 World History

Explores the relationship between warfare, crises, and written constitutions globally.

ConstitutionsWarfare

Bibliography

  • In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-1760
  • Britons: Forging of a Nation 1707-1837
  • Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850
  • The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History
  • Taking Stock of Taking Liberties: A Personal View
  • Acts of Union and Disunion
  • The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Inter-disciplinary perspectivesDetailed analysis of primary sources
Recurring Motifs
Imperial vulnerabilityNational identity

Legacy

Expert on British, imperial, and global history from 1700. Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University.

Trivia

  • Married to historian Sir David Cannadine, one child.
  • First female Fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge (1979).