ĭavidson received a First Class Honours degree in English, archaeology and anthropology from Newnham College, Cambridge. Hilda Ellis Davidson was born in Bebington, Cheshire, England, on 1 October 1914, the daughter of Henry Roderick (a stationer) and Millie Cheesman Ellis. Throughout her career, Davidson tutored a significant number of aspiring scholars in her fields of study, and was particularly interested in encouraging gifted women to pursue scholarly careers. Davidson was a prominent member of The Folklore Society, and played an active role in the growth of folklore studies as a scientific discipline. She specialized in the interdisciplinary study of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse religion and folklore, on which she was the author of numerous influential works. She was a scholar at the University of Cambridge and The Folklore Society, and specialized in the study of Celtic and Germanic religion and folklore.Ī graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Davidson was a Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, throughout much of her career. Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson FSA (born Hilda Roderick Ellis 1 October 1914 – 12 January 2006) was an English folklorist. Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe (1988).Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964).
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