Dorothy Whitelock

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Dorothy Whitelock was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Anglo-Saxon scholar known for her influential work on early English history and literature.

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instanceOf Anglo-Saxonist
human
areaOfInfluence Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
Old English literature scholarship
early English history
centuryOfActivity 20th century
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
educatedAt Leeds Girls’ High School NERFINISHED
Newnham College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer St Hilda’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Oxford
familyName Whitelock NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Anglo-Saxon studies
Old English literature NERFINISHED
history
medieval history
givenName Dorothy NERFINISHED
influenced modern editions of Anglo-Saxon texts
study of Anglo-Saxon social history
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Fellow of the British Academy NERFINISHED
Royal Historical Society NERFINISHED
name Dorothy Whitelock NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor editing primary sources for early English history
influential interpretations of Beowulf
scholarship on Anglo-Saxon England
notableWork After Bede NERFINISHED
Anglo-Saxon Wills NERFINISHED
English Historical Documents, Volume I: c. 500–1042 NERFINISHED
English Historical Documents, c. 500–1042 NERFINISHED
Sweet’s Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse (revised edition) NERFINISHED
The Audience of Beowulf NERFINISHED
The Beginnings of English Society NERFINISHED
occupation historian
philologist
university teacher
positionHeld Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon NERFINISHED
Fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford
Lecturer in English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford
Reader in English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford
sexOrGender female

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