David Peter Kirby

David Peter Kirby was born in the United Kingdom in 1936. He was a professor at the University of Liverpool from 1962 to 1993, and then a professor of history at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1993 to 1996.{{cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/kirby-david-peter |title=Kirby, David Peter |website=Encyclopedia.com |accessdate=June 11, 2024 |quote=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. |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816232240/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/kirby-david-peter |url-status=live }}

Kirby's published works include:

• The Making of Early England. Schocken Books, 1967.{{Cite journal |last=Brill |first=Reginald |date=1969 |title=The Making of Early England. By D. P. Kirby. (New York: Schocken Books. 1968. Pp. 320. $9.00.) |url=https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/75.1.92-a |journal=The American Historical Review |doi=10.1086/ahr/75.1.92-a |issn=1937-5239|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Tipton |first=Charles L. |date=1969 |title=Review of The Making of Early England |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24440579 |journal=The Historian |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=460–461 |jstor=24440579 |issn=0018-2370 |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035030/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24440579 |url-status=live }}
• Saint Wilfrid at Hexham, ed. Oriel Press, 1974.{{Cite journal |last=Taylor |first=H. M. |date=1976 |title=Saint Wilfrid at Hexham. Edited by D. P. Kirby. 9½ × 6¼. Pp. xi + 196 + 29 pls. Newcastle upon Tyne: Oriel Press, 1974. £5.50. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquaries-journal/article/abs/saint-wilfrid-at-hexham-edited-by-d-p-kirby-9-6-pp-xi-196-29-pls-newcastle-upon-tyne-oriel-press-1974-550/9F07AE18D4B929E3BEAB528B39C77AFD |journal=The Antiquaries Journal |language=en |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=106 |doi=10.1017/S0003581500019909 |s2cid=162325717 |issn=1758-5309 |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120040533/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquaries-journal/article/abs/saint-wilfrid-at-hexham-edited-by-d-p-kirby-9-6-pp-xi-196-29-pls-newcastle-upon-tyne-oriel-press-1974-550/9F07AE18D4B929E3BEAB528B39C77AFD |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Mayr-Harting |first=H. |date=1977 |title=Review of Saint Wilfrid at Hexham |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/566330 |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=92 |issue=362 |pages=182–183 |doi=10.1093/ehr/XCII.CCCLXII.182 |jstor=566330 |issn=0013-8266 |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035030/https://www.jstor.org/stable/566330 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}
• The Earliest English Kings. Unwin Hyman, 1991.{{Cite journal |last=Rosenthal |first=Joel T. |date=1992 |title=D. P. Kirby. The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman; distributed by Harper Collins Academic, Scranton, Pa. 1991. Pp. xv, 241. $17.95 paper. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/albion/article/abs/d-p-kirby-the-earliest-english-kings-london-unwin-hyman-distributed-by-harper-collins-academic-scranton-pa-1991-pp-xv-241-1795-paper/6CEDA6561222E5568802633B4786DC95 |journal=Albion |language=en |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=89–90 |doi=10.2307/4051244 |jstor=4051244 |issn=0095-1390 |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035029/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/albion/article/abs/d-p-kirby-the-earliest-english-kings-london-unwin-hyman-distributed-by-harper-collins-academic-scranton-pa-1991-pp-xv-241-1795-paper/6CEDA6561222E5568802633B4786DC95 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Rollason |first=David |date=1994-06-01 |title=Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00138266&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA15621697&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=The English Historical Review |language=English |volume=109 |issue=432 |pages=680–682 |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120040535/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00138266&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA15621697&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |url-status=live }}
• A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales, edited with Ann Williams and Alfred P. Smyth. Routledge, 1991.
• History and Tradition in Britain in the Early Middle Ages. 1996.
• Marvels, Magic and Witchcraft in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Summerfield Press, 2005.{{Cite journal |last=James |first=Maureen |date=2013 |title=Marvels, Magic and Witchcraft in the North Riding of Yorkshire: David Naitby's Bedale Treasury |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.2013.737511 |journal=Folklore |language=en |volume=124 |issue=1 |pages=110–111 |doi=10.1080/0015587X.2013.737511 |s2cid=161918619 |issn=0015-587X |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035031/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.2013.737511 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}
• Days of Joy: Robert Hird at Home in Bedale. Summerfield Press, 2009.{{Cite web |last=Mead |first=Harry |date=2010-01-08 |title=A rich and poetic contribution to a town's Georgian heritage |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/4841013.a-rich-and-poetic-contribution-to-a-towns-georgian-heritage/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Darlington and Stockton Times |language=en |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035029/https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/4841013.a-rich-and-poetic-contribution-to-a-towns-georgian-heritage/ |url-status=live }}

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