David Yeandle

David Yeandle
Yeandle in 2022
Born	(1955-02-27)27 February 1955 Cambridge, England
Died	22 September 2025(2025-09-22) (aged 70) Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupations	Academic, author
Title	Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow
Awards	Freeman of the City of London
Academic background
Doctoral advisor	Dennis Howard Green
Academic work
Discipline	German language and literature
Sub-discipline	Medieval German Literature History of German Language
Institutions	King's College London Cambridge University

David Nicholas Yeandle (27 February 1955 – 22 September 2025) was a British Germanist and author.

Life and career

Yeandle was born in Cambridge, England on 27 February 1955. He was Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow at King's College London and an Affiliated Lecturer in German at the University of Cambridge. He published widely on German language and literature, including Old High German, Middle High German, and the modern German language. After taking early retirement in 2010, he developed a research interest in ecclesiastical history, particularly of the Anglican Church. Yeandle died in Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire on 22 September 2025, at the age of 70.

Selected publications

• Commentary on the Soltane and Jeschute Episodes in Book III of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival (116,5–138,8) (Heidelberg: Winter, 1984) [also: David Nicholas Yeandle, "A Detailed, Critical Commentary on the Soltane and Jeschute Episodes in Book III of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival". (University of Cambridge: PhD Dissertation, 1982)] ISBN 3-533-03-577-8
• "The Ludwigslied: King, Church, and Context’", in: "mit regulu bithuungan": neue Arbeiten zur althochdeutschen Poesie und Sprache, edited by J.L. Flood and D.N. Yeandle (Göppingen: Kümmerle, 1989) ISBN 3-87452-737-9
• Frieden im "Neuen Deutschland". Das Vokabular des "Friedenskampfes": Eine linguistische Analyse und Dokumentation des Friedensvokabulars in der offiziellen Sprache der DDR vornehmlich der ausgehenden 80er Jahre (Heidelberg: Winter, 1991) ISBN 3-533-04-410-6
• A Victorian Curate: A Study of the Life and Career of the Rev. Dr John Hunt (Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2021) ISBN 1-80064-154-0

References

• Cambridge University Reporter (15 November 2017). "Elections, appointments, reappointments, and grants of title". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
• Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdient (12 June 2018). "David Nicholas YEANDLE, Dr". Gemanistenverzeichnis. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
• Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. "Professor David Yeandle". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
• "The obituary notice of Professor David YEANDLE". Funeral Notices. Retrieved 8 October 2025.