Suzanne Fagence Cooper
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Suzanne Elizabeth Fagence Cooper is a British non-fiction writer who has written extensively on the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian women.
Education and career
Fagence Cooper received a BA in history from University of Oxford and spent 12 years as a curator of the Victorian collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/leisure-fashion/homes/dickensian-delights-1-7006835 |title=Dickensian delights |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=2014-12-20 |access-date=2015-05-04}} where she co-curated The Victorian Vision exhibition in 2001. She is an honorary visiting fellow of the University of York.{{cite web|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/staff/visiting-fellows/ |title=Honorary Visiting Fellows - History of Art, The University of York |publisher=York.ac.uk |access-date=2015-05-04}}
As well as writing, Fagence Cooper is a design consultant and has worked with the BBC Channel 4 and was a historical consultant for the 2013 film The Invisible Woman. She was a contributor to Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone for BBC television, including providing a factual, historical perspective on the way Victorian lives can be presented in museums. She is also a Companion of the Guild of St George.
Personal life
Fagence Cooper lives near York and is married to John Cooper. They have two daughters, Rosalind and Beatrice.
Selected publications
- Victorians at Home and Abroad. London: V & A Publications, 2001. {{ISBN|1851773290}} (With Paul Atterbury)
- The Victorian Woman. London: V & A Publications, 2001. {{ISBN|1851773304}}
- Pre-raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V & A Publications, 2003. {{ISBN|1851773932}}
- The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and Millais. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 2010. {{ISBN|0715638645}}
- Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais. St. Martin's Press, 2011.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://suzannefagencecooper.blogspot.co.uk/ Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGr4ntX-7hU Suzanne Fagence Cooper talking about Effie Gray]
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Category:British women art historians
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