David Dumville

David Norman Dumville (5 May 1949 – 8 September 2024) was a British medievalist and Celtic scholar.

Life and career Dumville was born on 5 May 1949 to Norman Dumville and Eileen Florence Lillie Dumville (née Gibbs). He then completed further study at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and received his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1976, presenting the thesis "The textual history of the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum".

In 2005, Dumville moved to the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen as Professor in History & Palaeography. Shortly afterwards his post was reconfigured to be shared with the School of Language and Literature: Dumville taught in both departments, taking a key role in establishing an MA in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies, with his title changed to Professor in History, Palaeography and Celtic.

Publications Dumville produced numerous scholarly articles and books. In 2007, he established a scholarly journal for Anglo-Saxon studies, entitled Anglo-Saxon, which ceased after one issue. He was also involved in refounding the journals Mediaeval Scandinavia and The Journal of Celtic Studies.