Heather Sutherland is a British historian, author and broadcaster. She is best known for her work on Indonesian history and is the author of several books on the subject, including The Making of a Bureaucratic Elite: The Colonial Transformation of the Javanese Priyayi (1979) and The Javanese Sultanate: A History (2007).
In 1984, Sutherland was appointed Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of Sydney. She retired from the University of Sydney in 2008 but continued to write and lecture on Indonesian history.
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- Full Name: Heather Sutherland
- Date of birth: 1943
- Age: 80 years
- Gender: Female
- Place of birth: London, England
- Nationality: British
- Occupation: Historian, author, broadcaster
Early life and education
Heather Sutherland was born in London in 1943 and is 80 years old as of 2023. She is the daughter of a civil servant and a housewife.
She attended the Perse School for Girls in Cambridge and then studied history at the University of Oxford. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and her PhD in 1970.
Personal life
Sutherland was married twice. Her first husband was historian John Bastin, with whom she had a daughter.
Her second husband was the historian John Ingleson; they had a son together. She was the partner of Miriam Margolyes.
Career
After graduating from Oxford, Sutherland worked as a research fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She later taught at the University of Hull and the University of Leiden.
In 1984, she was appointed Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of Sydney. She retired from the University of Sydney in 2008 but continued to write and lecture on Indonesian history.
Sutherland’s research interests include Indonesian history, the history of colonialism, and women’s history.
She is the author of several books on these topics, including The Making of a Bureaucratic Elite: The Colonial Transformation of the Javanese Priyayi (1979), The Javanese Sultanate: A History (2007), and Gender and the Making of the Modern World: Women and Men in Indonesia (2013).
Net worth
Heather Sutherland’s net worth is estimated to be between $3 million and $5 million.
She earned her net worth through her work as a historian, author, and broadcaster.
Social media
- Instagram name: @Heather_sutherland
- Twitter Username: None
