Dorothy Whitelock

Dorothy Whitelock

CBE FSA FRHistS FBA
Dorothy Whitelock; CBE FSA FRHistS FBA
Born	11 November 1901; Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died	14 August 1984 (aged 82); Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Academic background
Education	Leeds Girls' High School
Alma mater	Newnham College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Anglo-Saxons; Old English;
Institutions	St Hilda's College, Oxford; University of Oxford; Newnham College, Cambridge; University of Cambridge;

Dorothy Whitelock, CBE, FSA, FRHistS, FBA (11 November 1901 – 14 August 1982) was an English historian. From 1957 to 1969, she was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge. Her best-known work is English Historical Documents, vol. I: c. 500-1042, which she edited. It is a compilation of translated sources, with introductions.

Her other works include The Beginnings of English Society (1952), After Bede (1960), The Audience of Beowulf (1951), and Genuine Asser (1967), in which she argued against V. H. Galbraith's assertion that Asser's Life of King Alfred was a forgery by Leofric.

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