Maria Tippett is a Canadian historian who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1979 for her biography Emily Carr. Raised in Victoria, Tippett travelled through Europe after high school before attending Simon Fraser University. She earned a Master's degree from Cambridge University, and a doctorate in history from the University of London. Tippett resides on Pender Island BC Canada and is married to Peter Clarke, formerly Professor of Modern British history and Master of Trinity Hall at Cambridge.
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