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Dorothy Whitelock (11 November, 1901 - 14 August, 1982) was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon poetry and history. She was a colleague of J.R.R. Tolkien at the University of Oxford from 1930 until 1957, when she became Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge.^[1]

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-'''Dorothy Whitelock''' ([[1901]]-[[1982]]) was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, and in 1930 went to St Hilda's College, Oxford as a lecturer in English Language. She was appointed to Tutor in 1936 and then a Fellow in [[1937]]. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and her both were scholars of Anglo-Saxon poetry and she remained a colleague of Tolkien's until [[1957]] when she became Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge. She retired in [[1969]].
+'''Dorothy Whitelock''' ([[11 November]], [[1901]] - [[14 August]], [[1982]]) was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon poetry and history. She was a colleague of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] at the [[University of Oxford]] from [[1930]] until [[1957]], when she became Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the [[Cambridge|University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{CG|I}}, p. 1101</ref>
-==References==
+==Bibliography==
-* [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]
+*''Anglo-Saxon Wills'' (1930)
+*''The Audience of Beowulf'' (1951)
+*''The Beginnings of English Society'' (1952)
+*''English Historical Documents c. 500-1042'' (1955)
+*''Genuine Asser'' (1967)
-[[Category:People|Whitelock, Dorothy]]
+==See also==
+*[[Wikipedia:Dorothy Whitelock|Dorothy Whitelock]] at Wikipedia
+*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/45/101045659/ Dorothy Whitelock] at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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+[[Category:Academics]]
+[[Category:British people]]
+[[Category:People by name]]