Zachary Brooke (historian)

Zachary Nugent Brooke FBA (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.

Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He was appointed as the second Professor of Medieval History at Cambridge in 1944. He was appointed as a Fellow of the British Academy in 1940.^[1]

Brooke is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, off Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, with his wife Rosa Grace Brooke (1888–1964).

He was the father of Christopher N. L. Brooke, who was also a medieval historian and fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

He died on 7 October 1946.

His published works include:

• The English Church and the Papacy: From the Conquest to the Reign of John (Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-36687-9)
• A History of Europe from 911 to 1198 (History of medieval and modern Europe;vol.2) (Methuen)

• Research papers of Zachary Nugent Brooke Archived 21 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine from Cambridge University