Dorothy Whitelock
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LOCATION: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Cambridge, 1957–69. A leading authority on Anglo-Saxon England. Author of Beginnings of English Society; editor of English Historical Documents c. 500–1042.
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United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. The name Britain is sometimes used to…
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