Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell

Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell (13 June 1902 – 19 November 1963), also known by her married name Rosamond Leys, was an English historian, writer and archivist.[1]

Biography

Mitchell was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1902, the daughter of the architect Arnold Mitchell. She studied history as an exhibition scholar at St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1921–1924. [2] [3] She earned a BLitt for her thesis, John Tiptoft , Earl of Worcester : a study in English Humanism, in 1929. [4]

Mitchell won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize in 1936,[5][6] and in 1938 won the British Archaeological Association's Reginald Taylor Prize. Roberto Weiss cited her in his book Humanism in England during the Fifteenth Century[6] and she cited him in her book John Free, From Bristol to Rome in the Fifteenth Century.[7]

In 1938 Mitchell married John Alan Leys, a market gardener and the youngest son of the barrister and novelist John Kirkwood Leys.[8][9] Afterwards, she "chose not to seek an academic post".[6] They had a son in 1941 and Mitchell helped in her husband's business until their retirement in 1951.[10][9]

Mitchell died after a motor accident in 1963.[3]

Bibliography

  • English People of the Past, with M. J. Whicher (Longmans Green, 1931)
  • Life and Adventure in Medieval Europe (Longmans Green, 1934)
  • Ye Goode Olde Dayes, with Ierne L. Plunket (Methuen, 1934)
  • John Tiptoft, 1427–1470 (Longmans Green, 1938)
  • A History of the English People, with M. D. R. Leys (Longmans Green, 1950)
  • John Free, from Bristol to Rome in the fifteenth century (Longmans Green, 1955)
  • A History of London Life, with M. D. R. Leys (Longmans Green, 1958)
  • The Medieval Feast (Longmans Green, 1958)
  • The Medieval Tournament (Longmans Green, 1958)
  • A Country Doctor in the Days of Queen Anne (Longmans Green, 1959)
  • The Laurels and the Tiara: Pope Pius II, 1458–1464 (Harvill Press, 1962)
  • The Spring Voyage: The Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1458 (John Murray, 1964)

References

  1. ^ Clough, C. H. (January 1966). "In Memory of Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell". Italian Studies. 21 (1): 101–102. doi:10.1179/its.1966.21.1.101.
  2. ^ Women's Who's Who. Mitchell, R. J.: Shaw Publishing Company. 1934. p. 284.
  3. ^ a b "Rosamond Mitchell (1902-1963)". Archivio storico per le province Parmensi ser.4 (in Italian). 17: 36–37. 1965.
  4. ^ Oxford University Gazette Vol. 59 1928–1929. 1921. p. 654.
  5. ^ Mitchell, R. J. (1936). "English students at Padua , 1460-75". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Fourth Series. XIX: 101–118.
  6. ^ a b c David Rundle (January 2010), Editor's Introduction to the fourth edition of Roberto Weiss, Humanism in England during the Fifteenth Century, retrieved 31 December 2015 – via Academia.edu
  7. ^ Mitchell, R. J. (1955). John Free, From Bristol to Rome in the Fifteenth Century. Longmans, Green. p. vii.
  8. ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 48069. 10 August 1938. p. 15.
  9. ^ a b "Mrs. Rosamund Leys". The Times. No. 55868. 26 November 1963. p. 21.
  10. ^ "Births". The Times. No. 49069. 29 October 1941. p. 1.
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