Enid Welsford

Enid Welsford
BornEnid Elder Hancock Welsford
(1892-02-26)26 February 1892
Harrow on the Hill, England
Died4 December 1981(1981-12-04) (aged 89)
Cambridge, England
Resting placeHarrow
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity College, London; Newnham College, Cambridge
Notable worksThe Fool: his Social and Literary History (1935)
Notable awardsRose Mary Crawshay Prize (1928, 1967)

Enid Elder Hancock Welsford (26 February 1892, Harrow on the Hill – 4 December 1981, Cambridge) was an English literary scholar, a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and twice winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize – in 1928 and 1967. She is best known for her book The Fool: his Social and Literary History, published in 1935.