Zachary Nugent Brooke

Zachary Nugent Brooke
Born	(1883-12-01)1 December 1883
Died	Cambridge
Nationality	British
Fields	Medieval history
Institutions	St John's College, Cambridge
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA (born 1 December 1883, died 7 October 1946) was a British medieval historian and author.

Life

Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1940.

Brooke is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, with his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888-1964).

He was the father of Christopher N. L. Brooke, who is also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

Works

His published works include:

• The English Church and the Papacy : From the Conquest to the Reign of John (Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-36687-9)
• A History of Europe from 911 to 1198 (History of medieval and modern Europe;vol.2) (Methuen)

External links

• Research papers of Zachary Nugent Brooke from Cambridge University
• Works by or about Zachary Nugent Brooke in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Zachary Nugent Brooke at Find a Grave

Academic offices
Preceded by Charles William Previté-Orton	Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge 1944–1946	Succeeded by David Knowles