# Rosemary Mitchell

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**Rosemary Ann Mitchell** (9 June 1967 – 20 September 2021) was a British historian. A [Victorianist](/source/Victorian_era), she was Professor of Victorian Studies at [Leeds Trinity University](/source/Leeds_Trinity_University) and, following retirement from this role, an ordained Anglican deacon.

## Early life

Mitchell was born in [Poole, Dorset](/source/Poole,_Dorset), on 9 June 1967, the only child of [Leslie Mitchell](/source/Leslie_R._Mitchell) (the founder of the [Jamboree on the Air](/source/Jamboree_on_the_Air)) and his wife Eileen (née Hawkins).[1][2] She was educated at [Brigidine School](/source/Brigidine_School), [Windsor](/source/Windsor,_Berkshire) and then at [Padworth College](/source/Padworth_College).[1] She read history at [Lincoln College, Oxford](/source/Lincoln_College,_Oxford) (BA, 1988), remaining there to undertake a Diploma in the History of Art and a DPhil (1991).[1]

## Academic career

From 1993 Mitchell was a research editor for the Victorian sections of the *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*.[3][1] She joined the staff of [Leeds Trinity University](/source/Leeds_Trinity_University) in 1999, subsequently becoming Professor of Victorian Studies in 2018.[4] She was also the director of the Leeds Victorian Studies Centre.[3] She retired from Leeds Trinity University in 2019.[5] She was a member of the editorial board of the *[Journal of Victorian Culture](/source/Journal_of_Victorian_Culture)*.[3] Her scholarship was noted for its interdisciplinarity.[3]

## Works

- *Picturing the Past: English History in Text and Image, 1830-1870* (2000: OUP).[3]
- *Mutual (In)Comprehensions: France and Britain in the Long Nineteenth Century* (2013: Cambridge Scholars Publishing).
- *Holding Up Half the Sky* (with Hannah Stone) (2019: Indigo Dreams Publishing).[1]

## Ordination

Mitchell trained for ordination at St Hild College in [Mirfield](/source/Mirfield), and was ordained deacon at [Ripon Cathedral](/source/Ripon_Cathedral) in 2021. She was appointed to serve her title at [Holy Trinity Church, Skipton](/source/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Skipton).[6][7]

## Personal life

Mitchell died in 2021, aged 54, from cancer.[1]

## References

1. Reynolds, Kim (23 September 2021). ["Obituary – The Rev Rosemary Mitchell"](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/23/the-rev-rosemary-mitchell-obituary). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

1. Poole district registry, September 1967 quarter, Vol 7c, page 38.

1. ["Professor Rosemary Mitchell"](https://bavs.ac.uk/professor-rosemary-mitchell-1966-2021-a-tribute/). *British Association of Victorian Studies*. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

1. ["Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies"](https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-posts/the-leeds-centre-for-victorian-studies-pays-tribute-to-rosemary-mitchell.php). *Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies*. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

1. ["Reynold's News: Remembering Rosemary Mitchell"](https://reynolds-news.com/2021/09/23/remembering-rosemary-mitchell-stephen-basdeo/). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

1. ["*Church Times*: "Deaths", 24 September 2021"](https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/24-september/gazette/deaths/deaths). Retrieved 25 September 2021.

1. ["Crockford's Clerical Directory: Holy Trinity, Skipton"](https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/25875/the-benefice-of-skipton-(holy-trinity)). Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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