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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 Author of Beginnings of English Society; editor of English Historical Documents c. 500–1042.
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![Alfred the Great](https://cdn.britannica.com/66/89766-050-C3F317AB/Alfred.jpg?w=320&h=240)
Alfred was the king of Wessex (871–899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy. Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began during his reign, circa 890. When he was born, it must have seemed unlikely that Alfred…
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