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Dorothy Sheridan was born on 1948 in Galway, is an A female archivist. Discover Dorothy Sheridan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Occupation Archivist and historian
Age 76 years old
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Born 1948, 1948
Birthday 1948
Birthplace Galway
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1959

Sheridan attended Harrogate Grammar School (1959 until 1964), Beverley High School for Girls (1964-1966) and Hull College of Commerce (1966-7).

She obtained eight O-levels and four A-levels.

1967

She then went to Brighton in 1967, where she studied Sociology in the School of Education at the University of Sussex.

1968

Sheridan married psychologist and fellow socialist, Anthony Wainwright, in Lewes, East Sussex, in 1968.

1972

Their son, Luke Anthony, was born in Edinburgh in 1972.

1974

Tom Harrisson offered Sheridan a temporary job in 1974, working to establish the Mass Observation papers as a history resource.

This job became permanent, with Sheridan acting as the first archivist.

She performed a variety of jobs there, beginning by labelling boxes and telephoning Harrisson with updates and moving on to develop and promote the archive.

1976

In 1976, Harrisson had given her money to buy a car and learn to drive so that she could chauffeur him when he visited, but he died before this happened so she purchased a motorbike instead.

1981

In 1981, Sheridan co-founded the launch of the contemporary phase of Mass Observation, the Mass Observation Project that collects new material about everyday life.

She combined the management of the MOA with research, writing and publishing, and travelled extensively to promote Mass Observation, autobiographical writing and ethical archiving.

1990

Professor Dorothy Sheridan MBE, FRSA was the Director of the Mass Observation Archive (MOA) from 1990 to 2008.

She is a Trustee of the MOA and an Honorary Professor of History at the University of Sussex.

Dorothy Elizabeth Sheridan was born in Galway, on the west coast of Ireland, but moved to the Yorkshire Dales when she was two with her parents, John J Sheridan and Moyra F Sheridan.

She grew up there in cottages with outside toilets and no running water.

Her parents were active campaigners in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and took Sheridan to demonstrations and protests.

Sheridan became Director of the MOA in 1990.

She acted as researcher and consultant on the digital resources developing from the archive, and had to adjust to tasks such as electronic research support within the University of Sussex, which took her away from her main interests in life history research and archiving.

1991

Sheridan received an MBE in 1991.

She was also elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

1996

She married Barry Stierer in 1996.

Sheridan was a member of the management committee of community publishing group QueenSpark Books between 1996 and 2010, and continues to be involved in their work as a patron.

2000

Sheridan became the Head of Special Collections at Sussex in 2000, working in this role until retiring in 2008.

Sheridan is an advisor to the National Life Stories project at the British Library and acted as consultant on the "Observing the Eighties" project, which brought together materials from the Life Stories and MOA.

2004

In her retirement Sheridan has developed her political interests, continuing in her solidarity work for Palestine which began after a first visit to Palestine in 2004.

She remains a committed and active socialist and feminist.

2007

The Open University awarded Sheridan an honorary doctorate, which she described as her "career high" in 2007.

2010

In 2010, Sheridan retired from her role as Director, but continued her involvement as a Trustee of the MOA.

Sheridan has written and co-authored a number of books, largely involving Mass Observation materials.

2011

In 2011, the University of Sussex made Sheridan a 50th Anniversary Fellow.

She is also an Honorary Professor at the University, where she co-founded the Life History Research Centre.

Sheridan is Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton, where she is on the advisory board of the Centre for Memory, History and Narratives.

2016

In 2016, Sheridan obtained a qualification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and has re-directed her interest in language and life stories towards working with migrants and refugees.

She teaches English in Brighton at the Migrant English Project.

She is also a member of the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group and visits people on immigration detention at the Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre.