Lisa Jardine

Lisa Anne Jardine CBE FRHistS (born 12 April 1944), née Lisa Anne Bronowski, is a British historian of the early modern period. From 1990 to 2011 she was Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studies and Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London. From 2008 to Jan 2014 she was Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Jardine was a Member of Council of the Royal Institution, but resigned from that post in September 2009. On 1 September 2012, she relocated with her research centre and staff to University College London (UCL) to become founding director of its Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Lisa Bronowski
Birth dateApril 12, 1944
Birth nameLisa Anne Bronowski
Parents
Rita Coblentz

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  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/2665527.stm
  2. http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/jardine.htm
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0380wf8
  4. http://www.conwayhall.org.uk/lisa-jardine
  5. http://www.harpercollins.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=20224
  6. http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk
  7. http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/people/lisajardine
  8. http://www3.christs.cam.ac.uk/cms_misc/media/Publications_Christs_Magazine_2010_web.pdf