Name Marjorie Anderson | ||
Died May 27, 2002, St Andrews, United Kingdom Books Kings and kingship in early Scotland, Chronicle of the Kings of Alba | ||
Education University of St Andrews | ||
Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (9 February 1909 – 27 May 2002) was a Scottish historian and paleographer.
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Early years
Born Marjorie Ogilvie Cunningham in St Andrews, she attended St Leonards School there before studying English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.
Career
After graduation she joined Alan Orr Anderson, whose eyesight was failing, as his paleographer and assistant. They married in 1932. Alan Anderson died in 1958, but Mrs Anderson continued to publish on early Scottish subjects, most notably her Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland and her revision of Early Sources of Scottish History, the standard collection of source material on Scottish History to 1286, written by Alan Anderson and first published in 1922.
Honoros
Mrs Anderson received an honorary DLitt from the University of Saint Andrews in 1973. A festschrift in her honour was published in 2000.
Death
She died in 2002.