Judith Hook (1941–1984)

JUDITH HOOK (HIBBERD, History)
Judith pursued an academic career in History at various Scottish universities, including
Edinburgh, Stirling and Aberdeen, and specialised in Italian history, with books on the
sack of Rome in 1527 (recently reissued); the history of Siena; Lorenzo de Medici; and
the Baroque Age in England. She was very active in the AUT and was a campaigner for
widower's pensions. She was married to a Professor of English at Glasgow University and
had three children. Her eldest daughter came to Somerville to read Chemistry. Judith
died in Siena in 1984.