Draft:Florence H R Scott

Florence Harriet Rose Scott (born 1994/1995) is an English historian of women and queenship in early medieval England based in York.

Biography
Scott grew up in Goole, East Yorkshire. They graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2016 and a Master of Arts in Medieval Studies in 2017, both from the University of Leeds. They continued their studies at Leeds with a Research Doctorate, which they completed in 2023.

In 2021, Scott began publishing the Substack-based newsletter and podcast Ælfgif-who?, which profiles the biographies of early medieval English women, including the queens Æthelthryth, Balthild, Eadburh and other women like Burginda. As of 2024, the Substack has over 30 thousand subscribers. Scott has also written in Medium and for publications such as Pink News.