David Yeandle

{{Short description|British Germanist}}

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| name = David Yeandle

| honorific_suffix = MA, PhD

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| caption = David Yeandle, May 2022

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| birth_date = 27 February 1955

| birth_place = Cambridge, England

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| nationality = British

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| occupation = University Lecturer, Author

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| title = Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow

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| awards = Freeman of the City of London

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| doctoral_advisor = Dennis Howard Green

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| discipline = {{unbulleted list|German language and literature}}

| sub_discipline = {{unbulleted list|Medieval German Literature|History of German Language}}

| workplaces = {{unbulleted list|King's College London|Cambridge University}}

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David Nicholas Yeandle (born 27 February 1955 in Cambridge) is a British Germanist and author. He is Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow at King's College London{{sfn|Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdient|2018}} and an Affiliated Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge.{{sfn|Cambridge University Reporter|2017}} He has published widely on German language and literature, including Old High German, Middle High German, and the modern German language.{{sfn|Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdient|2018}} Since taking early retirement in 2010, he has further developed a research interest in ecclesiastical history, particularly of the Anglican Church.{{sfn|Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics |}}