Quentin Skinner was born the second son of Alexander Skinner, CBE (died 1979), and Winifred Rose Margaret, née Duthie (died 1982). Educated at Bedford School and [http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/ Gonville and Caius College] Cambridge, he was elected into a Research Fellowship there in 1962 upon obtaining a British undergraduate degree in [[History]], and immediately gained a teaching Fellowship at [http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ Christ's College,] Cambridge, where he has been ever since. He is now also an Honorary Fellow of Caius. | Quentin Skinner was born the second son of Alexander Skinner, CBE (died 1979), and Winifred Rose Margaret, née Duthie (died 1982). Educated at Bedford School and [http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/ Gonville and Caius College] Cambridge, he was elected into a Research Fellowship there in 1962 upon obtaining a British undergraduate degree in [[History]], and immediately gained a teaching Fellowship at [http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/ Christ's College,] Cambridge, where he has been ever since. He is now also an Honorary Fellow of Caius. |