Davidson, H. R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), 1914-2006

found: Women and tradition, 2000:CIP t.p. (Hilda Ellis Davidson) data sheet (b. 10-01-14)

found: OCLC, Aug. 12, 2013 :(access point: Davidson, H.R. Ellis; Davidson, H. R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), 1914-; Davidson, Hilda Ellis; Davidson, Hilda Ellis, 1914-; Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), 1914-; Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis; usage: H.R. Ellis Davidson; Hilda Ellis Davidson)

found: Wikipedia, Aug. 12, 2013 :Hilda Ellis Davidson (Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson, born Hilda Roderick Ellis, b. Oct. 1, 1914 in Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire; d. Jan. 2006 in Kent; received a First Class Honours degree from Newnham College, Cambridge, in English, Archaeology and Anthropology, and afterward studied pagan Scandinavian religion for her doctorate; an English antiquarian and academic, writing in particular on Germanic paganism and Celtic paganism; she used literary, historical and archaeological evidence to discuss the stories and customs of Northern Europe; "Gods and Myths of Northern Europe" (Penguin Books, 1964) is considered one of the most thorough and reputable sources on Germanic mythology; like many of her publications, it was credited under the name H. R. Ellis Davidson; lecturer at Royal Holloway College from 1939 to 1944; after that at Bir[k]beck College; joined the Folklore Society in 1949; joined the Lucy Cavendish College in Cambridge in 1969 as a Calouste Gulbenkian Research Fellow, appointed as a college lecturer in 1971, an elected fellow in 1974, and Vice-President between 1975 and 1980; fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; president of the Council of the Folklore Society from 1974 to 1976, and served on the council from 1956 to 1986; received the Folklore Society's Coote Lake Medal in 1984, and her 1988 work "Myths and Symbols of Pagan Europe" won the Katharine Briggs Prize the same year) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Ellis_Davidson