Kirby, David Peter

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KIRBY, David Peter

KIRBY, David Peter. British, b. 1936. Genres: History. Career: Professor in History, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1993-96 (Lecturer, 1966-69; Sr. Lecturer, 1969-73; Reader, 1973-93). Assistant Lecturer, and Lecturer, University of Liverpool, 1962-66. Publications: The Making of Early England, 1967; (ed.) St. Wilfrid at Hexham, 1974; The Earliest English Kings, 1991, reprint, 1994; (with A. Williams and A.P. Smyth) A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland and Wales, c.500 c.1050, 1991; Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum: Its Contemporary Setting, Jarrow Lecture, 1992; (ed. with J.L. Davies) The County History of Cardiganshire: vol. I: to 1081, 1994. Address: The Villa, The Launches, West Lulworth, Wareham BH20 5SF, England.

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