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He went to work for King [[Alfred the Great]] in Wessex, and part of his work was to help the king with the books he translated. In [[893]] Asser wrote his own ''Life of King Alfred'' that is the best source of information modern historians have about any early king in Britain. At some time between 892 and 900 Asser became Bishop of [[Sherborne Abbey|Sherborne]] -- he had already been a bishop, but whether he was Bishop of St. David's or a suffragan bishop of Sherbourne while Wulfsige was its bishop is not clear, although [[Giraldus Cambrensis]] listed Asser as a bishop of St. David's in ''Itinerarium Cambriae'', which he wrote in 1191.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, several scholars asserted that Asser's biography of King Alfred was not authentic but, instead, a forgery; at least one scholar claimed the forger was Bishop [[Leofric]] of [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] (became bishop 1046, died 1072). The bases for those assertions did not stand up to examination, and the ''Life'' is still acknowledged as authentic by all reputable authorities. It is readily available in various editions of books and on the Internet.
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