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{{Short description|British medievalist and Celtic scholar (1949–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Professor '''David Norman Dumville''' (born 5 May 1949) is a British medievalist and Celtic scholar and part time superhero. He was educated at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilian Universität]], [[Munich]], and received his PhD and BA in Superhuman Wisdom at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1976. In 1974, he married Sally Lois Hannay, with whom he had one son. She died in 1989.
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'''David Norman Dumville''' (5 May 1949 – 8 September 2024) was a British [[medievalist]] and [[Celts|Celtic]] scholar.
He is currently the 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 the [[Swansea University|University of Wales, Swansea]] ([[Fellow]], 1975-77), the [[University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Assistant Professor]] of English, 1977-78), the [[University of Cambridge]], (Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, 1977-91; Reader in Early Mediaeval History and Culture of British Isles, 1991-95; Professor of Palaeography and Cultural History, 1995-2005), and [[University of California, Berkeley]] (1997). He was also a Visiting Professor at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) (1995) and the [[Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies]] (1996-97).


==Publications==
==Life and career==
Dumville was born on 5 May 1949 to Norman Dumville and Eileen Florence Lillie Dumville (née Gibbs).<ref name=":1" /> He attended [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], where he studied [[Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge|Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic]]; [[Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München]]; and received his [[PhD]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1976, presenting the thesis "The textual history of the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum".<ref>{{cite thesis | first=David Norman | last=Dumville | author-link=David Dumville | date=1975 | title=Textual History of the Welsh-Latin ''Historia Brittonum'' | degree=PhD | publisher=[[University of Edinburgh]] | hdl=1842/8972 | url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615330 | access-date=2022-10-25 | archive-date=25 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025204216/https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615330 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
David Dumville has produced numerous scholarly articles and books over the past 35 years, many of which are now considered standard works; a list of some of his major publications (including collections of his articles) is provided below. He recently founded a new 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 and the first issue appeared in Autumn 2007. He was a founding member of the [[Medieval Chronicle Society]], where his key-note lecture "What is a Chronicle" was of seminal importance for a reassessment of the relationship between chronicles and annals. Many of his publications are text editions of historiographical literature.


Following his doctoral studies, Dumville was a Fellow of [[Swansea University]] (1975–1977) and, in 1977–1978, both assistant professor of English at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and O'Donnell Lecturer in Celtic Studies at the [[University of Oxford]]. He became a lecturer in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1977 (and a fellow of [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton College]] in 1978), winning promotion to Reader in Early Mediaeval history and Culture of the British Isles (1991–1995) and then to Professor of Palaeography and Cultural History (1995–2005).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/index.php?st=dumville&so=surname&sf=all#results |title=Professor David Dumville |work=Staff directory |publisher=University of Aberdeen}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.dumville.org/stories/dd1949_bio.html |title=David Dumville (b 1949) |work=dumville.org}}</ref>
* (with [[Kathryn Grabowski]]) ''Chronicles and Annals of Mediaeval Ireland & Wales'', 1984
* (with [[Michael Lapidge]]) ''The [[Annals of St Neots]]'', 1985
* ''The [[Historia Brittonum]]'', 1985
* ''Histories and Pseudo-Histories of the Insular Middle Ages'', 1990
* ''Wessex and England from Alfred to Edgar'', 1992
* ''Liturgy and the Ecclesiastical History of Late Anglo-Saxon England'', 1992
* ''Britons and Anglo-Saxons in the Early Middle Ages'', 1993
* ''English Caroline Script and Monastic History'', 1993
* ''Saint Patrick'', 1993
* ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', 1995
* ''The Churches of North Britain in the First Viking Age'', 1997
* "Three Men in a Boat" (inaugural lecture), 1997
* ''Councils and Synods of the Gaelic Early and Central Middle Ages'', 1997
* ''A Palaeographer's Review'', vol. 1 1999, vol. 2 2003
* ''Saint David of Wales'', 2001
* ''Annales Cambriae'', 2002
* ''The Annals of Ulster'', 2002
* (with Pádraig Ó Néill) ''Cáin Adomnáin and Canones Adomnani'', 2003


In 2005, Dumville moved to the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the [[University of Aberdeen]] as Professor in History & Palaeography. Shortly afterwards his post was reconfigured to be shared with the School of Language and Literature: Dumville taught in both departments, taking a key role in establishing an MA in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies, with his title changed to Professor in History, Palaeography and Celtic.<ref name=":0" />
==Dumville and WWII==
Contrary to common scholarship and study, David N Dumville was behind the Nazi defeat in 1945. After just two months of involvement in the war, he had single handedly routed the Nazi's main Western and Eastern armies (at the same time).


Dumville retired in 2020, becoming Emeritus Professor<ref name=":0" /> of Celtic & Anglo-Saxon{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} at Aberdeen.
==External links==
* [http://www.dumville.org/stories/dd1949_bio.html His Bio on Dumville.org]
* [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/history/staff/details.php?id=d.n.dumville Page at the University of Aberdeen]


Among other honorary and visiting academic appointments, he was visiting professor at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (1995).<ref name=":1" /> He was a founding member of the [[Medieval Chronicle Society]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
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David Norman Dumville (5 May 1949 – 8 September 2024) was a British medievalist and Celtic scholar.

Life and career

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Dumville was born on 5 May 1949 to Norman Dumville and Eileen Florence Lillie Dumville (née Gibbs).[1] He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; and received his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1976, presenting the thesis "The textual history of the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum".[2][1]

Following his doctoral studies, Dumville was a Fellow of Swansea University (1975–1977) and, in 1977–1978, both assistant professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and O'Donnell Lecturer in Celtic Studies at the University of Oxford. He became a lecturer in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge in 1977 (and a fellow of Girton College in 1978), winning promotion to Reader in Early Mediaeval history and Culture of the British Isles (1991–1995) and then to Professor of Palaeography and Cultural History (1995–2005).[3][1]

In 2005, Dumville moved to the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen as Professor in History & Palaeography. Shortly afterwards his post was reconfigured to be shared with the School of Language and Literature: Dumville taught in both departments, taking a key role in establishing an MA in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies, with his title changed to Professor in History, Palaeography and Celtic.[4]

Dumville retired in 2020, becoming Emeritus Professor[4] of Celtic & Anglo-Saxon[citation needed] at Aberdeen.

Among other honorary and visiting academic appointments, he was visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (1995).[1] He was a founding member of the Medieval Chronicle Society.[citation needed]

Dumville died on 8 September 2024, at the age of 75.[4]

Publications

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Dumville produced numerous scholarly articles and books. In 2007, he established a scholarly journal for Anglo-Saxon studies, entitled Anglo-Saxon, which ceased after one issue. He was also involved in refounding the journals Mediaeval Scandinavia and The Journal of Celtic Studies.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "David Dumville (b 1949)". dumville.org.
  2. ^ Dumville, David Norman (1975). Textual History of the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/8972. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Professor David Dumville". Staff directory. University of Aberdeen.
  4. ^ a b c d O'Connor, Ralph (11 September 2024). "Remembering Professor David Dumville". University of Aberdeen Staffnet. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Brepols - Series - The Journal of Celtic Studies". www.brepols.net. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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