David Peter Kirby
British historian
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David Peter Kirby is a British historian and author, best known for writing about Anglo-Saxon history.
Biography
David Peter Kirby was born in the United Kingdom in 1936. He was a lecturer at the University of Liverpool from 1962 to 1966, followed by lecturing and then leading to a professorship of history at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1993 to 1996.[1]
Writing
Kirby's published works include:
- The Making of Early England. Schocken Books, 1967.[2][3]
- Saint Wilfrid at Hexham, ed. Oriel Press, 1974.[4][5]
- The Earliest English Kings. Unwin Hyman, 1991.[6][7]
- A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales, edited with Ann Williams and Alfred P. Smyth. 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.[8]
- Days of Joy: Robert Hird at Home in Bedale. Summerfield Press, 2009.[9]