Frances Yates
Born: November 28, 1899
Died: September 29, 1981 (aged 81)
Bio: Dame Frances Amelia Yates, DBE, FBA was an English historian who focused on the study of the Renaissance. In an academic capacity, she taught at the Warburg Institute of the University of London for many years, and also wrote a number of books on the subject of esoteric history.
Known for:
- The Art of Memory (1966)
- Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964)
- The Rosicrucian enlightenment (1972)
- The occult philosophy in the Elizabethan age (1979)
- Theatre of the world (1969)
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