Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson
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Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (9 February 1909 – 27 May 2002) was a Scottish
historian and paleographer. Born Marjorie Ogilvie Cunningham in St Andrews
, she attended St Leonard's School there before studying English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.
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.
Mrs Anderson received an honorary DLitt from the University of Saint Andrews in 1973. A festschrift
in her honour was published in 2000. She died in 2002.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
historian and paleographer. Born Marjorie Ogilvie Cunningham in St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....
, she attended St Leonard's School there before studying English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.
After graduation she joined Alan Orr Anderson
Alan Orr Anderson
Alan Orr Anderson was a Scottish historian and compiler. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh. The son of Rev. John Anderson and Ann Masson, he was born in 1879...
, 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.
Mrs Anderson received an honorary DLitt from the University of Saint Andrews in 1973. A festschrift
Festschrift
In academia, a Festschrift , is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing...
in her honour was published in 2000. She died in 2002.
Select bibliography
- (with Alan Orr Anderson) The Chronicle of Holyrood, Edinburgh, 1938.
- (with Alan Orr Anderson) Adomnan's Life of Columba, Edinburgh 1961 (revised Oxford, 1991)
- Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland, Edinburgh, 1973 (revised Edinburgh, 1980)
- (editor) Anderson, Alan Orr, Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers: AD 500–1286, 2nd edition, Stamford, 1990.