Lisa Jardine

Lisa Anne Jardine, CBE FRS FRHistS (née Bronowski; 12 April 1944 – 25 October 2015) was a British historian of the early modern period. 

Early life
Jardine was born in Oxford, England. She studied at Cheltenham Ladies' College, Newnham College, Cambridge, and the University of Essex.

Career
From 1990 to 2011, she was Centenary Professor of Renaissance Studieswww.gresham.ac.uk  "Lisa Jardine", Gresham College. and Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London. From 2008 to January 2014 she was Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).Official Jardine home page , HarperCollins.com; accessed 26 October 2015.Jardine profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 26 October 2016.Video interview of Lisa Jardine by Alan Macfarlane , alanmacfarlane.com; accessed 26 October 2015.

She was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2013.

Personal life
In 1969, she married scientist Nicholas Jardine,Marriage registration Cambridgeshire 4a 992, Jul–Sep 1969 with whom she had a son and a daughter/ In 1982, she married the architect John HareMarriage registration Westminster 15 1624, Jul–Sep 1982 with whom she had one son. She was the cousin of television director Laurence Moody and actress Clare Lawrence Moody.

Death
Lisa Jardine died of cancer on 25 October 2015, aged 71.Renowned historian Lisa Jardine dies aged 71, theguardian.com; accessed 26 October 2015.

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