Amy Johnston (Viking Society)

Amy Johnston (née Leslie, d. 1925) was a British medievalist specialising in the history of the Northern Isles who served on the board of the Viking Society for Northern Research for 23 years.

A member of the Viking Society since 1894, Amy Leslie served as its Hon. Convener in 1901–4, Hon. Secretary in 1904–24, and Hon. Editor of Saga-Book and Year Book 1914–25. [1] In 1902 she portrayed Auðr Vésteinsdóttir in a Society reading of Gísla saga.[2]

In September 1905 she married architect Alfred Wintle Johnston.[3] She and her husband were editors of the Society’s series Old-Lore Miscellany, producing eight volumes between 1907 and 1920.[4] They also edited short series of Orkney and Shetland Records and Caithness and Sunderland Records.[5][6]

Amy died in 1925.[7]

References

  1. ^ Research, Viking Society for Northern (1989). Saga-book of the Viking Club: Society for Northern Research. Viking Society for Northern Research. p. 462.
  2. ^ Saga-book of the Viking Club. Viking Club. 1980. p. 295.
  3. ^ "Local Intelligence". Orkney Herald. 12 September 1906.
  4. ^ "Old-Lore Miscellany I - Viking Society for Northern Research". 9 August 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Orkney and Shetland Records Volume I - Viking Society for Northern Research". 9 August 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Caithness & Sutherland Records - Viking Society for Northern Research". 9 August 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  7. ^ Saga Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research. Viking Society. 1989. p. 460.


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