Margaret Deanesly (5 March 1885–9 October 1977) was an English historian who wrote on church history.
She was born inWincanton inSomerset in 1885 to Samuel Deanesly and his wife, Clara Maria,née Dowding, and educated atGodolphin School, Salisbury, andNewnham 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 ofHope Emily Allen, who introduced Deanesly to her first scholarly project by sending her a bibliography ofRichard Rolle.[3] Deanesly then received her MA from theUniversity 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]
Deanesly lived at 196 Clarence Gate Gardens in London. She died in 1977 and was buried inEast Finchley Cemetery. She left an estate valued at £113,780. Deanesly never married.