Susie Harries

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Susie Harries is a British historian.

Career

She studied classics and classical philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge and St Anne's College, Oxford. [1]

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She is a winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2012 for her book Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life about architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. [2]

Personal life

She is married to Meirion Harries and lives in London. [3]

Bibliography

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References

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  2. "Previous Winners". History Prize. The Wolfson Foundation. Retrieved 1 July 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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  9. "Nonfiction Book Review: The Last Days of Innocence:: America at War, 1917-1918 by Meirion Harries, Author, Susie Harries, With Random House (NY) $32.5 (592p) ISBN 978-0-679-41863-4". Publishers Weekly. March 3, 1997. Retrieved 30 June 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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