Helen Cooper (literary scholar)

Helen Cooper
Born (1947-02-06) 6 February 1947
Nottingham, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Academic, literary critic
Academic background
EducationNottingham Girls' High School
Alma materNew Hall, Cambridge
ThesisThe mediaeval background of English Renaissance pastoral literature (1971)
Academic work
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsNew Hall, Cambridge
University College, Oxford
Magdelene College, Cambridge

Elizabeth Helen Cooper, FBA (born 6 February 1947), known as Helen Cooper, is a British literary scholar. From 2004 to 2014, she was Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.