Zachary Brooke (historian)

Zachary Nugent Brooke (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.

Zachary Brooke FBA
Born	Zachary Nugent Brooke 1 December 1883
Died	2 October 1946(1946-10-02) (aged 62) Cambridge, England
Spouse	Rosa Brooke
Children	Christopher N. L. Brooke
Academic background
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Medieval history
Institutions	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Life

Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1940.

Brooke is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, with his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888–1964).

Brooke was the father of Christopher N. L. Brooke, who was also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

Brooke died on 7 October 1946.

Works

Brooke's published works include:

• The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John (Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-36687-9)
• A History of Europe from 911 to 1198 (History of medieval and modern Europe;vol.2) (Methuen)

External links

• Research papers of Zachary Nugent Brooke Archived 21 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine from Cambridge University