Funded by York alumna Sally Wainright, who created the BBC tv series, along with Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, the scholarship will offer postgraduates the chance to study the life and works of 19th Century Yorkshire landowner, traveller and diarist.
Anne Lister, the inspiration behind the tv series Gentleman Jack, is now the subject of a University of York PHD scholarship.
Funded by York alumna Sally Wainright, who created the BBC tv series, along with Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, the scholarship will offer postgraduates the chance to study the life and works of 19th Century Yorkshire landowner, traveller and diarist.
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