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'''Maud Sellers''' ( |
'''Maud Sellers''' (1861–1939) was a British historian and museum curator.<ref name='MA'>{{cite web |url=https://www.merchantshallyork.org/hall-highlights-dr-maud-sellers/ |title=Hall Highlights: Dr Maud Sellers |date=8 March 2018 |publisher=Merchant Adventurer's Hall |accessdate=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref name='HS'>{{cite web|url=https://www.herstoryyork.org.uk/maud-sellers-guild-member/ |title=Maud Sellers, Guild Member |publisher=HerStory.York |accessdate=28 March 2022}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Sellers studied at [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] before gaining her PhD from [[Trinity College, Dublin]] in 1907. |
Sellers studied at [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] before gaining her PhD from [[Trinity College, Dublin]] in 1907. She was one of the '[[steamboat ladies]]' who travelled to Dublin to receive a degree while they were not offered to women by the University of Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=Steamboat ladies (act. 1904–1907) |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-61643 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/61643 }}</ref> |
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Sellers was interested in the history of the [[Merchant Adventurers' Hall]] in York, which she had first visited in 1895 and became involved in the restoration of the hall and the study of the Company of Merchant Adventurers.<ref name="MA" /> In 1913 Sellers was made a Member of that Company and was its first woman member in over 400 years.<ref name="MA" /> She became the Company's honorary archivist in 1918 and worked as the curator of the guild hall.<ref name="HS" /> |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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*Sellers, M. 1897. "York in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", ''English Historical Review'' 12, 437-447. |
*Sellers, M. 1897. "York in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", ''English Historical Review'' 12, 437-447. |
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*Sellers, M. 1908. ''[https://archive.org/details/actsandordinanc01sellgoog/page/n5/mode/2up The Acts and Ordinances of the Eastfield Company]''. London, Royal Historical Society. |
*Sellers, M. 1908. ''[https://archive.org/details/actsandordinanc01sellgoog/page/n5/mode/2up The Acts and Ordinances of the Eastfield Company]''. London, Royal Historical Society. |
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*Sellers, M. 1912. ''[https://archive.org/details/yorkmemdmbk1/page/n7/mode/2up York Memorandum Book part 1 ( |
*Sellers, M. 1912. ''[https://archive.org/details/yorkmemdmbk1/page/n7/mode/2up York Memorandum Book part 1 (1376–1419) lettered A–Y in the Guildhall muniment room]''. [[Surtees Society]]. |
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*Sellers, M. (ed.) 1918. ''The York Mercers and Merchant Adventurers |
*Sellers, M. (ed.) 1918. ''The York Mercers and Merchant Adventurers 1356–1917''. Durham. |
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*Sellers, M. 1921. ''A Short Account of the Company of Adventurers of York''. |
*Sellers, M. 1921. ''A Short Account of the Company of Adventurers of York''. |
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 4 February 2024
Maud Sellers | |
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| Born | 1861 Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1939 (aged 77–78) York, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Curator |
| Employer | Merchant Adventurers' Hall |
Maud Sellers (1861–1939) was a British historian and museum curator.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Sellers studied at Newnham College, Cambridge before gaining her PhD from Trinity College, Dublin in 1907. She was one of the 'steamboat ladies' who travelled to Dublin to receive a degree while they were not offered to women by the University of Cambridge.[3]
Sellers was interested in the history of the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York, which she had first visited in 1895 and became involved in the restoration of the hall and the study of the Company of Merchant Adventurers.[1] In 1913 Sellers was made a Member of that Company and was its first woman member in over 400 years.[1] She became the Company's honorary archivist in 1918 and worked as the curator of the guild hall.[2]
Publications
[edit]- Sellers, M. 1897. "York in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", English Historical Review 12, 437-447.
- Sellers, M. 1908. The Acts and Ordinances of the Eastfield Company. London, Royal Historical Society.
- Sellers, M. 1912. York Memorandum Book part 1 (1376–1419) lettered A–Y in the Guildhall muniment room. Surtees Society.
- Sellers, M. (ed.) 1918. The York Mercers and Merchant Adventurers 1356–1917. Durham.
- Sellers, M. 1921. A Short Account of the Company of Adventurers of York.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hall Highlights: Dr Maud Sellers". Merchant Adventurer's Hall. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Maud Sellers, Guild Member". HerStory.York. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Steamboat ladies (act. 1904–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61643. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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