David Dumville
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David Norman Dumville (born 5 May 1949) is a British medievalist and Celtic scholar. He was educated at Emmanuel College and the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; and received his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1976. He is currently professor of history and palaeography at the University of Aberdeen and editor of the journal Anglo-Saxon. He has previously taught or held posts at Swansea University (Fellow, 1975–1977), the University of Pennsylvania (assistant professor of English, 1977–1978), the University of Cambridge, (lecturer in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, 1977–1991; reader in early Mediaeval history and culture of British Isles, 1991–1995; professor of palaeography and cultural history, 1995–2005). Among other academic appointments, he was visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (1995).[1][2]
Publications
Dumville has produced numerous scholarly articles and books. In 2007, he established a scholarly journal for Anglo-Saxon studies, entitled Anglo-Saxon, which he edits with R. D. Fulk and Andrew Reynolds. It is published by the University of Aberdeen. He was a founding member of the Medieval Chronicle Society.
References
- ^ "Professor David Dumville". Staff profile. University of Aberdeen.
- ^ "David Dumville (b 1949)". dumville.org.
External links
- Official website at University of Aberdeen
- 1949 births
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- British historians
- Linguists from the United Kingdom
- Celtic studies scholars
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Academics of the University of Aberdeen
- Academics of Swansea University
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- Living people
- Anglo-Saxon studies scholars
- Historians of the British Isles