Margaret Deanesly (1885–1977) was an English historian who wrote on church history.  

Early life and education

She was born 5 March 1885 to Samuel Deanesly and his wife, Clara Maria, née Dowding, and educated at Godolphin School, Salisbury, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she achieved a double first in the History tripos in 1912. She received the Arthur Hugh Clough Scholarship in 1912.^[1][2] At Newnham she was a friend and collaborator of Hope Emily Allen, who introduced Deanesly to her first scholarly project by sending her a bibliography of Richard Rolle.^[3] Deanesly then received her MA from the University of Manchester in 1915 and carried out a Marion Kennedy research studentship in 1916–1917. She held a D.Litt. from the University of Lambeth.^[1][2]

Positions held

• 1917–1920: Mary Bateson research fellow, Newnham College, Cambridge
• 1920: Lecturer in history, Armstrong College, Newcastle
• 1922–1926: Bishop Fraser Lecturer in History, University of Manchester^[4]
• 1936–1939: Lecturer at Royal Holloway College, London
• 1939–1940: Lecturer at Bedford College, London
• 1954: Birkbeck Lecturer, Cambridge

Select Publications

• Deanesly, Margaret (1920). The Lollard Bible and other medieval Biblical versions. Robarts - University of Toronto. Cambridge University Press.
• Deanesly, M. (1920). "Vernacular Books in England in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries". The Modern Language Review. 15 (4): 349–358. doi:10.2307/3714612. ISSN 0026-7937.
• Deanesly, Margaret (1923). A History Of The Medieval Church 590-1500.
• Deanesly, Margaret (1969). A history of early Medieval Europe from 476 to 911. Internet Archive. London, Methuen. ISBN 978-0-416-29970-0.