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Thirsk, Joan

LC control no.n 50010137
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingThirsk, Joan
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Variant(s)Watkins, Joan, 1922-2013
Watkins, Irene Joan
Birth date1922-06-19
Death date2013-10-03
Place of birthLondon (England)
Field of activityAgriculture--England--History Agriculture--Wales--History
AffiliationUniversity of Oxford
Profession or occupationAgricultural historian College teacher
Found inHer Fenland farming in the sixteenth century, 1953.
Guardian (online), viewed Oct. 21, 2013 (Joan Thirsk; Irene Joan Thirsk; b. June 19, 1922, north London; daughter of Daisy (nee Frayer) and William Watkins; m. Jimmy Thirsk; d. Oct. 3, 2013; scholar who played a key role in the development of agricultural history as an academic discipline)
Associated languageeng