Yates, Dame Frances Amelia (1899–1981)

A historian of art, literature and ideas across Renaissance Europe, Yates' interdisciplinary approach opened up new research possibilities in these areas.

Forenames:

Frances Amelia

Surname:

Yates

Title:

Dame

Dates:

1899–1981

Institutions:

University of London
(Warburg Institute)

Significant posts:

Honorary Fellow, University of London (Warburg Institute)

Influences:

Bing, Gertrud
Gombrich, Ernst
Saxl, Fritz
Walker, Perkin

Themes:

History of art
Intellectual history
Renaissance history

Biographies:

Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Obituaries:

Times

Bibliography

• Bibliography from Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

Personal papers

• National Register of Archives

Significant publications

• Frances Amelia Yates, Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (London, 1964)
  
• Frances Amelia Yates, The Art of Memory (London, 1966)

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