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| Lisa Jardine: Tributes after renowned historian dies | Lisa Jardine: Tributes after renowned historian dies |
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| Tributes have been paid to historian and biographer Lisa Jardine following her death at the age of 71 from cancer. | Tributes have been paid to historian and biographer Lisa Jardine following her death at the age of 71 from cancer. |
| Ms Jardine, a professor of renaissance studies at University College London and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society, was praised as "inspirational" and a "brilliant communicator". | Ms Jardine, a professor of renaissance studies at University College London and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society, was praised as "inspirational" and a "brilliant communicator". |
| Prof Jardine served as chair of the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) from 2008 to 2014. | Prof Jardine served as chair of the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) from 2008 to 2014. |
| She was also a trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum for eight years. | She was also a trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum for eight years. |
| Listen: Lisa Jardine on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs | Listen: Lisa Jardine on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs |
| As an author, Prof Jardine tackled subjects including Shakespeare, Erasmus and 17th Century Holland. | As an author, Prof Jardine tackled subjects including Shakespeare, Erasmus and 17th Century Holland. |
| She was also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and established the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London. | She was also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and established the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London. |
| 'Inspiring leader' | |
| Historian Lord Hennessy, a colleague at Queen Mary's, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Lisa was a polymath. She was a natural swimmer in both the scientific stream and the arts and humanities stream. | Historian Lord Hennessy, a colleague at Queen Mary's, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Lisa was a polymath. She was a natural swimmer in both the scientific stream and the arts and humanities stream. |
| "She bedazzled her generation. She had an inspirational effect." | "She bedazzled her generation. She had an inspirational effect." |
| The UK government's chief scientific adviser, Prof Sir Mark Walport, added: "She was a brilliant communicator. | The UK government's chief scientific adviser, Prof Sir Mark Walport, added: "She was a brilliant communicator. |
| "Life, I think, is very much what we make of it, and she really made the most of her life. | "Life, I think, is very much what we make of it, and she really made the most of her life. |
| "Her work at the HFEA was enormously important because she brought together the science with the public engagement and the debate about the ethics. She was an inspiring leader." | "Her work at the HFEA was enormously important because she brought together the science with the public engagement and the debate about the ethics. She was an inspiring leader." |
| Historian Simon Schama tweeted: "Lisa Jardine was one of the great historians. She understood that to write of humanity you needed to be fully part of it." | |
| Former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman wrote: "So, so sad to hear of death of wonderful @ProfLisaJardine. A great intellect & completely down to earth. A beacon for women. RIP." |