Maud Sellers (1861–1939) was a British historian and museum curator.[1][2]
Maud Sellers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1861 Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1939 (aged 77–78) York, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Curator |
| Employer | Merchant Adventurers' Hall |
Biography
editSellers studied at Newnham College, Cambridge before gaining her PhD from Trinity College, Dublin in 1907. She was one of the 'steamboat ladies' who travelled to Dublin to receive a degree while they were not offered to women by the University of Cambridge.[3]
Sellers was interested in the history of the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York, which she had first visited in 1895 and became involved in the restoration of the hall and the study of the Company of Merchant Adventurers.[1] In 1913 Sellers was made a Member of that Company and was its first woman member in over 400 years.[1] She became the Company's honorary archivist in 1918 and worked as the curator of the guild hall.[2]
Publications
edit- Sellers, M. 1897. "York in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", English Historical Review 12, 437-447.
- Sellers, M. 1908. The Acts and Ordinances of the Eastfield Company. London, Royal Historical Society.
- Sellers, M. 1912. York Memorandum Book part 1 (1376–1419) lettered A–Y in the Guildhall muniment room. Surtees Society.
- Sellers, M. (ed.) 1918. The York Mercers and Merchant Adventurers 1356–1917. Durham.
- Sellers, M. 1921. A Short Account of the Company of Adventurers of York.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Hall Highlights: Dr Maud Sellers". Merchant Adventurer's Hall. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Maud Sellers, Guild Member". HerStory.York. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Steamboat ladies (act. 1904–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61643. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)