Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

male, deceased (1400)
from the City of London, buried at Westminster Abbey, author, bureaucracy, English, Civil Servant…MiddleEnglish, Middle English poet, english poetry, english literature, English Poets Laureate
Geoffrey Chaucer -- courtier, diplomat, and poet -- is arguably one of the most important figures in English literature. His philosophically...

J. A. W. Bennett

male
British, Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, Oxford History of English Literature, C. T. Onions, Medium Aevum, Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge…MiddleEnglish, Middle English literature
Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1911-1981) was a New Zealand-born literary scholar. He is best known as a scholar of Middle English literature. He was...

Edmund Weiner

male, 59 years old
Lexicographer, Old Dragon, British, J.R.R. Tolkien, Old English, MiddleEnglish…English, oxford english dictionary
Edmund Weiner was co-editor (with John A. Simpson) of the Second Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" (1985–1989) and Deputy Chief Editor of...
Thomas Chestre

Thomas Chestre

male
poet, Gingalain, Sir Launfal, Le Bel Inconnu, Libeaus Desconus, Renaut de Beaujeu…MiddleEnglish, Middle English literature, English
Thomas Chestre is the writer of the 14th century Middle English romance "Sir Launfal", based ultimately on Marie de France's "Lanval". He may also...

Kemp Malone

male
Johns Hopkins University, MiddleEnglish, Oral literature, American College Dictionary, Caedmon, oral tradition…Early Middle Ages
Kemp Malone (Minter, Mississippi, March 14, 1889-October 13, 1971) was a prolific medievalist, etymologist, philologist, and specialist in Chaucer...
Walter William Skeat

Walter William Skeat

male, deceased (1912)
Old Cholmeleian, Early English Text Society, Highgate School, Etymologist, King's College School, Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge…English, MiddleEnglish
Walter William Skeat (November 21, 1835 - 1912), English philologist, was born in London on the 21st of November 1835, and educated at King's...
Elaine Tuttle Hansen

Elaine Tuttle Hansen

female
Literature educator, Hamilton College faculty, Mount Holyoke College alumni, President of Bates College, University of Minnesota alumni, English…Literary critic of English, MiddleEnglish
Elaine Tuttle Hansen is the president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, a position she has held since 2002. Hansen graduated "cum laude", Phi...

T. L. Burton

male
university of adelaide, MiddleEnglish, University of Adelaide alumni, University of Adelaide faculty, Sidrak and Bokkus, Chaucer Studio
T. L. Burton (Tom Burton) is a professor at the University of Adelaide and a reputed scholar of medieval English literature, language, and...
Hippolytus Of Rome

Hippolytus Of Rome

male, deceased (235)
Christian martyr of the Roman era, 3rd century bishop, Church Father, Christian, Ancient Roman Christianity, Antipopes…MiddleEnglish
Saint Hippolytus of Rome (sometimes Ypolitus; Ippolito; in Middle English, Ippolitt; Pilt; Ipolito) was one of the most prolific writers of the...
Rosalind Miles

Rosalind Miles

female, 66 years old
English historical novelist, novelist, English, Ph.D., The Times, Alumni of the University of Birmingham…Old English language, MiddleEnglish
Rosalind Miles (born 6 January 1943) is an author born and raised in England and now living in both Los Angeles and Kent, England. She has written...