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Jane Barbara Stevenson (born 12 February 1959) is a British historian, literary scholar, and author. Since 2017, she has been Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford. [1] From 2007 to 2017, she was Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen. [2]

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She was born in London and brought up in London, Beijing and Bonn. She has lectured in history at Sheffield University, and literature and history at the University of Aberdeen.

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  1. "Jane.Stevenson Fellow Page". Campion Hall. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. "Stevenson, Prof. Jane Barbara, (Mrs P. R. K. A. Davidson)". Who's Who 2018 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246049.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)