Vivien Anne Law, Lady Shackleton, FBA (22 March 1954 – 19 February 2002) was a British linguist and academic, who specialised in grammar.
[1] She graduated with a double honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in classics and German.
[1] She then matriculated into Girton College, Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research under the supervision of Michael Lapidge.
[2] Her doctoral thesis was titled "The Ars Bonifacii: a critical edition with introduction, and commentary on the sources".
[4] The Vivien Law Prize was established in her memory in 2004 by the Henry Sweet Society and is awarded for "the best essay submitted on any topic within the history of linguistics".