Antonia Gransden

Antonia Gransden
Photographed while at the University of Nottingham
Born
Antonia Morland

(1928-10-07)7 October 1928
Died18 January 2020(2020-01-18) (aged 91)
Spouse
(m. 1957; div. 1977)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineMedieval history
Institutions
Notable worksHistorical Writing in England (1982)

Antonia Gransden (née Morland; 7 October 1928 – 18 January 2020), English historian and medievalist, was Reader in Medieval History at the University of Nottingham. She was author of works in medieval historiography, including the massive two-volume study Historical Writing in England, covering a thousand years of historical writing from the 6th to the 16th century.

Work at the British Museum fuelled her fascination with Bury St Edmunds Abbey. She went on to edit the records of the abbey, resulting in a two-volume History of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, which she completed aged 86.