Miriam Margolyes Partner, Heather Sutherland Biography: Wiki, Husband, Age, Net Worth, Salary, Family

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 old
  • Female
  • Place of birth: London, England
  • British nationality
  • Occupation: Historian, author, broadcaster

Early Life & Education

Heather Sutherland was born in 1943 in London and is 80 years old as of 2023. She is the daughter of a civil servant and a housewife.

She attended Perse School for Girls in Cambridge and then studied history at Oxford University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in 1964 and her PhD degree in 1970.

Personal life

Sutherland has been married twice. Her first husband was historian John Bastin and they had a daughter together.

Her second husband was historian John Ingleson; they have a son together. She is the partner of Miriam Margolyes.

Career

After graduating from Oxford, Sutherland worked as a researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She later taught at the University of Hull and Leiden University.

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 Class: The Colonial Transformation of the Javanese Priyayi (1979), The Kingdom of Java: A History (2007), and Gender and the Making of the Modern World: Women and Men in Indonesia (2013).

Net value

Heather Sutherland’s net worth is estimated to be between $3 million and $5 million.

She has earned her net worth through her work as a historian, author, and broadcaster.

Social Media

  • Instagram handle: @Heather_sutherland
  • Twitter name: Not applicable

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