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    Helen Castor
    Helen Castor, Historian of Medieval England, giving a Gresham College lecture (22218675438) (cropped).jpg
    Castor in 2015
    Born
    Helen Ruth Castor

    (1968-08-04) 4 August 1968 (age 56)
    Occupation(s)Historian, author and broadcaster
    AwardsBeatrice White Prize
    Academic background
    Education The King's High School for Girls
    Alma mater Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
    Thesis The Duchy of Lancaster in the Lancastrian polity, 1399-1461 (1993)
    Doctoral advisor Christine Carpenter