Dr. Elizabeth Foyster

Biography

Elizabeth Foyster is a College Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge. Her field of research focuses on social history in Britain from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century, with a specialization in family and gender history. She has published extensively on topics such as children, marriage breakdown, and parenting. Her recent research investigates the impact of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century English families on individuals with learning difficulties and mental illness. Foyster's latest book examines the life of the 3rd Earl of Portsmouth, a case that involved sensational discussions at the Commission of Lunacy in 1823. Her scholarly contributions shed light on social and economic histories of Britain from approximately 1550 to 1850.

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