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Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE (née Harman; 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002), better known as Elizabeth Longford, was a British historian. She was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and was on the board of trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Learn about the life and works of Elizabeth Longford, who wrote acclaimed biographies of Queen Victoria, Wellington, Byron and others. She was also a Labour politician, a mother of four famous writers and a friend to many historians.
Learn about the annual prize for historical biography, named after Elizabeth Longford, the acclaimed biographer of Queen Victoria and Wellington. Find out the latest winner, previous winners, judges, and how to enter or nominate.
Valerie Grove. Thu 24 Oct 2002 05.24 EDT. Elizabeth Longford, who has died aged 96, was matriarch of a large dynasty that almost equalled that of Queen Victoria (one of her biographical...
“The Elizabeth Longford Historical Biography Prize has traditionally considered a wide range of biography, examining people who ‘made’ history in terms of intellectual influence as well as in the spheres of power and politics. This is strikingly true of the short-list for the 2020 Prize.
25 de out. de 2002 · Elizabeth Longford, the best-selling biographer and political activist who was the widow of the social reformer Lord Longford and the matriarch of a family that bred other well-known writers,...
15 de jun. de 2023 · On Monday, Guha was in London to collect a £5,000 cheque for winning the highly regarded Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2023 in its 20th anniversary year for Rebels against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom (published by William Collins).
