Dorothy Sherman Severin AB, AM, PhD, FSA, OBE (born 24 March 1942[1]) is Emeritus Professor of Literature at University of Liverpool and a Hispanist. Her research interests include cancioneros and La Celestina.[2]
In June 2009, she was elected corresponding Fellow of the Real Academia Espanola, a distinction granted to very few foreign academics.[3][4]
Originally Dorothy Sherman, she was the first wife of explorer and writer Tim Severin.[5]