Gioventù e studi Nato nel Regno Unito, Dunlop studiò nell'Università di Bonn e nell'Università di Oxford, sotto la guida di Paul Ernst Kahle (1875–1964). Le sue ricerche furono influenzate da Zeki Validi Togan, Mikhail Artamonov e George Vernadsky. Carriera Negli anni cinquanta e Sessanta, Dunlop è stato professore nella Columbia University di New York. Il suo lavoro sui Cazari e il loro Khaganato e il dominio delle lingue necessarie a tali ricerche (arabo, cinese, greco-bizantino e ebraicoAnita Shapira, "The Jewish-people deniers", su: Journal of Israeli History, Volume 28, Issue 1 March 2009, pp. 63–72) lo impose all'attenzione e alla stima dei colleghi a livello internazionale.
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