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name: Suzanne Fagence Cooper
about: Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper was educated at Merton College, Oxford, Christie's Education and the Courtald Institute before becoming the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum Research Fellow at Buckinghamshire New University in 1999. Her involvement with the V&amp;A dates back to 1996, when she was appointed curator, and in 2001 she co-curated the V&amp;A's major exhibition 'The Victorian Vision.'Suzanne's published work includes the book Victorian Women (V&amp;A Publications, 2001) and two essays for the book that supported the exhibition 'The Victorian Vision' in 2002. Her book Pre-Raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&amp;A Publications, 2003) brought together objects normally dispersed around the museum to examine the relationship between the V&amp;A and th Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper was educated at Merton College, Oxford, Christie's Education and the Courtald Institute before becoming the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum Research Fellow at Buckinghamshire New University in 1999. Her involvement with the V&amp;A dates back to 1996, when she was appointed curator, and in 2001 she co-curated the V&amp;A's major exhibition 'The Victorian Vision.'Suzanne's published work includes the book Victorian Women (V&amp;A Publications, 2001) and two essays for the book that supported the exhibition 'The Victorian Vision' in 2002. Her book Pre-Raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&amp;A Publications, 2003) brought together objects normally dispersed around the museum to examine the relationship between the V&amp;A and this group of Victorian artists.Her renowned knowledge of Victorian art and culture has led to numerous broadcast opportunities. She has been interviewed for Radio 4, the BBC World Service, and the television programme Victorians Roadshow (BBC2), and has worked as a consultant for the programmes What the Victorians Did for Us, (BBC2), presented by Adam Hart-Davis, and Simon Schama's series History of Britain (BBC2). She has also given many public lectures, including regularly on Cunard's Queen Mary II, as part of the Oxford University Discovery programme (2004).Suzanne lives between London and York with her husband and two daughters ...more