Dorothy Carrington

Dorothy Carrington
Born(1910-06-10)10 June 1910
Perrotts Brook, Gloucestershire, UK
Died26 January 2002(2002-01-26) (aged 91)
Ajaccio, France
OccupationTravel writer; historian; anthropologist
Period1947–2002
Notable worksGranite Island: Portrait of Corsica

Frederica Dorothy Violet Carrington, Lady Rose, MBE (6 June 1910 – 26 January 2002) was an expatriate British writer domiciled for over half her life in Corsica. She was one of the twentieth century's leading scholars on the island's culture and history, about which she wrote numerous books and articles.