Sarah Tyacke was educated at Chelmsford County High School for Girls, before studying history at Bedford College, University of London, and graduating in 1968.
15 Facts About Sarah Tyacke
1.
2.
In 1968, Tyacke became an assistant keeper in the Map Room of the British Museum.
3.
At the merger, Sarah Tyacke was appointed its Chief Executive and sole Historical Manuscripts Commissioner.
4.
Sarah Tyacke oversaw numerous technical initiatives, including the launch of the 1901 census website as a pay-per-view service in 2002 and development of strategies for preserving born-digital records.
5.
Sarah Tyacke has written or edited several books and articles on these, and others on broader archival matters and archive management.
6.
Sarah Tyacke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1968; of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1984; of the Royal Historical Society in 1992; and of the British Cartographic Society in 1994.
7.
Sarah Tyacke served as president of the Hakluyt Society from 1997 to 2002, and as a vice-president from 2002 to 2006.
8.
Sarah Tyacke was a vice-president of the Royal Historical Society from 2000 to 2003, and has been an honorary vice-president since 2004.
9.
Sarah Tyacke has sat on the council of the Society for Nautical Research.
10.
Sarah Tyacke was vice-president of the International Council on Archives from 1996 to 2000.
11.
Sarah Tyacke was a trustee of the International Records Management Trust from 1995 to 2004, and has been its chair since 2004.
12.
Sarah Tyacke received honorary doctorates from London Guildhall and Essex Universities.
13.
Sarah Tyacke was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1998.
14.
From 2009 to 2011 Sarah Tyacke chaired the Mount Everest Foundation, a non-profit-making humanitarian and development body active in Nepal.
15.
Sarah Tyacke is married to the early modern historian Nicholas Sarah Tyacke.