David Peter Kirby is a British historian and author, best known for writing about

Anglo-Saxon history Anglo-Saxon England or early medieval England covers the period from the end of Roman imperial rule in Britain in the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. Compared to modern England, the territory of the Anglo-Saxons stretched north ...

Biography

David Peter Kirby was born in

the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

in 1936. He was a professor at the

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

from 1962 to 1993, and then a professor of history at the

University College of Wales Aberystwyth University () is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 stude ...

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth (; ) is a University town, university and seaside town and a community (Wales), community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and from Aberaeron, the county's other administrative centre. In 2021, the popula ...

from 1993 to 1996.

Writing

Kirby's published works include: * ''The Making of Early England.'' Schocken Books, 1967. * ''Saint Wilfrid at Hexham'', ed. Oriel Press, 1974. * ''The Earliest English Kings''. Unwin Hyman, 1991. * ''A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales'', edited with Ann Williams and

Alfred P. Smyth Professor Alfred P. Smyth (1 July 1942 – 16 October 2016) was an Irish-born historian specialising in the mediaeval history of the British Isles. In 2002 he was named Dean of Arts and Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University College, h ...

. Routledge, 1991. * ''History and Tradition in Britain in the Early Middle Ages''. 1996. * ''Marvels, Magic and Witchcraft in the North Riding of Yorkshire''. Summerfield Press, 2005. * ''Days of Joy: Robert Hird at Home in Bedale.'' Summerfield Press, 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirby, David Peter 1936 births Academics of Aberystwyth University Academics of the University of Liverpool Anglo-Saxon studies scholars British medievalists Living people