Antonia Gransden

Antonia Gransden (; 7 October 1928 – 18 January 2020), English historian and medievalist, was Reader in Medieval History at the University of Nottingham. She was author of works in medieval historiography, including the massive two-volume study Historical Writing in England, covering a thousand years of historical writing from the 6th to the 16th century.

Work at the British Museum fuelled Gransden's fascination with Bury St Edmunds Abbey. She went on to edit the records of the abbey, resulting in a two-volume History of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, which she completed aged 86.

Life Gransden was born Antonia Morland in Compton Dundon, Somerset. Her father was a director of Morlands clothing company in Glastonbury, Somerset. She retired from Nottingham University in 1989.

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