Patricia Carson

Patricia Mary Carson (5 March 1929, Oreston - 13 October 2014, Ghent) was an Anglo-Belgian historian and author.

Family

Patricia Carson was the daughter of Archibald-Stewart Carson and Hilde-Dorothy (née Clewlow) Carson. In 1954, she married Raoul Van Caenegem, historian and professor at the University of Ghent; the couple had two sons and a daughter.

Short Biography

Carson obtained a Bachelor in history at the University of London, followed by a Master of arts (history) with a thesis on London in the 18th century. After her wedding, she lived permanently in Ghent and made her speciality of studying the relations between Great Britain and the Low Countries throughout the centuries. Her most successful book, many times reprinted, was The Fair Face of Flanders.

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References

  1. Profile, modeinfo.eu; accessed 7 March 2015.
  2. Oscar COOMANS DE BRACHÈNE, État présent de la noblesse Belge, annuaire 2004, Brussels, 2004.(in French)
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