Stenton, Frank Merry (1880–1967)

British historian. He was professor of modern history at Reading University (1912–46), before becoming vice-chancellor of the same institution (1946–50). A very distinguished scholar of Anglo-Saxon history, Stenton's publications include The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066–1166 (1932), Anglo-Saxon England (1943), The Latin Charters of the Anglo-Saxon Period (1955).

Stenton was educated at Southwell Grammar School, University College, Reading, and Keble College, Oxford University. He was knighted in 1948.