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Anne Curry

Anne Elizabeth Curry (who publishes as Anne Curry and A. E. Curry; born 27 May 1954) is an English historian and Officer of Arms.

Curry is emeritus Professor of Medieval history at the University of Southampton and was dean of the Faculty of Humanities there between 2010 and 2018. She is former editor of the Journal of Medieval History, and a specialist in the Hundred Years' War.

She graduated with BA and MA degrees from the University of Manchester before obtaining a PhD from Teesside Polytechnic on "Military Organisation in Lancastrian Normandy 1422–50". Curry was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Reading in 1978, before moving to the University of Southampton.

Between 2006 and 2009, Curry was lead investigator on The Soldier in Later Medieval England project, which created an online searchable database containing over 250,000 names of soldiers recorded as serving the English crown between 1369 and 1453, which evolved from her PhD research card catalogue.

In 2015, Curry played a key part in the commemorations around the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.

She worked on the Centre Azincourt 1415 museum at Azincourt.

Curry was president of the Historical Association from 2008 to 2011. She was also a vice-president of the Royal Historical Society.

Curry was Project Director on The Gascon Rolls (1317–1467) project between 2015 and 2019.

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