{{Short description|British historian and academic}} {{About|the British historian|the Swedish social reformer and suffragist|Anna Whitlock}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = <!-- see MOS:CREDENTIAL and MOS:HONORIFIC --> | name = Anna Whitelock | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRHistS}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- use only if different from full/othernames --> | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Liverpool | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = | boards = <!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation--> | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = <!--notable national-level awards only--> | website = | education = | alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source--> | era = | discipline = Historian | sub_discipline = {{hlist|Tudor period|Mary Tudor|Elizabeth I}} | workplaces = Royal Holloway, University of London <br /> City, University of London | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Anna Whitelock''' is a British historian and academic, specialising in the history of monarchy. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at City, University of London and Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Monarchy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/anna-whitelock | title=Professor Anna Whitelock &#124; City, University of London | date=13 October 2021 }}</ref>

== Academic career == Whitelock undertook a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in historical studies at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, graduating in 2004: her master's thesis was titled "Henry VIII's ecclesiastical patronage".<ref name="MPhil thesis">{{cite thesis |last= Whitelock |first= Anna |date= 2000 |title= Henry VIII's ecclesiastical patronage |degree= MPhil |publisher= University of Cambridge |url= https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21449435130003606 |accessdate= 7 January 2024}}</ref> She remained to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 2004 under the supervision of Dr David Starkey. Her PhD degree was awarded in 2004 for a doctoral thesis titled "In opposition and in government: the households and affinities of Mary Tudor 1516–1558".<ref name="PhD thesis">{{cite thesis |last= Whitelock |first= Anna May |date= 2004 |title= In opposition and in government: the households and affinities of Mary Tudor 1516-1558 |degree= PhD |publisher= University of Cambridge |url= https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21431254890003606 |accessdate= 7 January 2024}}</ref>

She is Professor in the History of Monarchy at City, University of London, having previously taught at Royal Holloway, University of London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/|title=Anna Whitelock|access-date=2021-09-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Whitelock is an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). She won the PEN Weld Award for Biography.

== Selected works ==

* {{cite book |last1=Whitelock |first1=Anna |title=Mary Tudor: England's First Queen |date=2010 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-1408800782}} {{OCLC|759872962}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mary-tudor-englands-first-queen-by-anna-whitelock-1915550.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mary-tudor-englands-first-queen-by-anna-whitelock-1915550.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mary Tudor: England's First Queen, By Anna Whitelock|date=2010-03-07|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * {{cite book |editor1-last=Hunt |editor1-first=Alice |editor2-last=Whitelock |editor2-first=Anna |title=Tudor Queenship: The Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth |date=2010 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=978-0230618237}} * {{cite book |last1=Whitelock |first1=Anna |title=Elizabeth's Bedfellows: an Intimate History of the Queen's Court |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury |location=London |isbn=978-1408833643}} {{OCLC|1004469938}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/review-elizabeths-bedfellows-by-anna-whitelock-8640730.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/review-elizabeths-bedfellows-by-anna-whitelock-8640730.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Review: Elizabeth's Bedfellows, By Anna Whitelock|date=2013-06-01|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/10077219/Elizabeths-Bedfellows-by-Anna-Whitelock-review.html|title=Elizabeth's Bedfellows by Anna Whitelock, review|last=Gallagher|first=John|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2013-05-29|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/books/review/the-queens-bed-by-anna-whitelock.html|title='The Queen's Bed,' by Anna Whitelock|last=Harrison|first=Kathryn|date=2014-02-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * Whitelock, Anna (2025). ''The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of Global Britain''. Bloomsbury; Viking.

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== External links == * http://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/ * http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/book-talk/author-interviews/q-a-with-anna-whitelock/ {{authority control}}

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