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Christina Larner
Born

Christina Jessy Ross


(1933-09-22)22 September 1933
London, England
Died27 April 1983(1983-04-27) (aged 49)
Glasgow, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationHistorian
EmployerUniversity of Glasgow
SpouseJohn Patrick Larner
Children2

Christina Larner (22 September 1933  – 27 April 1983) was a British historian with pioneering studies about European witchcraft and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow.[1][2] She was an expert on the history of witchcraft in Scotland.[3]

Early life and education

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Christina Larner was born in London, the daughter of Helen Margaret Wallace and John MacDonald Ross, senior civil servant, who both went to university.[1] After attending South Hampstead High School for Girls (London), she matriculated and graduated with first class honours in Modern History in 1957 at the University of Edinburgh.[4] She was awarded a PhD at the University of Edinburgh for her thesis 'Continental Influences on Scottish Demonology, 1560–1700’ in 1962.[4][5]

Academical career

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After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Larner moved to the University of Glasgow as a part-time assistant in the Department of Politics and Sociology in 1966.[4] In 1972, she was appointed Lecturer in Sociology and was subsequently Senior Lecturer. She was awarded a titular professorship at the University of Glasgow in the same year as she died.[1][2]

Photograph of Christina Larner

Private life

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In 1960, she married John Patrick Larner, a historian of Renaissance Italy.[1] They had two sons, Patrick and Gavin.[4]

Selected list of published works

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d The biographical dictionary of Scottish women : from the earliest times to 2004. Ewan, Elizabeth., Innes, Sue., Reynolds, Sian. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2006. pp. 201. ISBN 9780748626601. OCLC 367680960.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • ^ a b "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Christina Larner". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  • ^ a b Christina., Larner (1984). Witchcraft and religion : the politics of popular belief. Macfarlane, Alan. New York, NY: Blackwell. pp. Foreword from Alan Macfarlane. ISBN 0631134476. OCLC 10923757.
  • ^ a b c d "Christina Jessy Larner". The Gifford Lectures. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  • ^ Ross, Christina Jessy (1962). "Scottish demonology in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and its theological background". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • ^ A source-book of Scottish witchcraft. Larner, Christina., Lee, Christopher Hyde., McLachlan, Hugh V. Glasgow: Grimsay Press. 2005. ISBN 1845300289. OCLC 73488021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • ^ Christina., Larner (2000). Enemies of god : the witch-hunt in Scotland. Edinburgh: J. Donald. ISBN 0859765180. OCLC 45791061.

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