Heather Sutherland is a British historian, author, and broadcaster. She is best known for her work on the history of Indonesia, and she 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 continues to write and lecture on Indonesian history.

Profile

• Full name: Heather Sutherland
• Date of birth: 1943
• Age: 80 years
• Gender: Female
• Place of birth: London, England
• Nationality: British
• Profession: Historian, author, broadcaster

Early Life & Education

Heather Sutherland was born in London in 1943 and is 80 years old as of 2023. She was 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 BA in 1964 and her PhD in 1970.

Personal Life

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

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Her second husband is the historian John Ingleson; they have one 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 then 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 continues to write and lecture on Indonesian history.

Sutherland’s research interests include the history of Indonesia, the history of colonialism, and the history of women.

She is the author of several books on these subjects, 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 has earned her net worth through her work as a historian, author, and broadcaster.

Social Media

• Instagram handle: @Heather_sutherland
• Twitter handle: N/A