Derek Albert Pearsall (1931–2021) was a prominent medievalist and Chaucerian who wrote and published widely on Chaucer, Langland, Gower, manuscript studies, and medieval history and culture.
He was the co-director, Emeritus, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York; Gurney Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University.[1][2] He earned a B.A. in 1951 and an M.A. in 1952 from the University of Birmingham (UK).[2] In 1998 he delivered the British Academy's Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture.[3]
References
- ↑ "People". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- 1 2 Aers, David, ed. (2000). "Preface by Derek Brewer". Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. pp. vii–ix. ISBN 9780859915557.
- ↑ "Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lectures". The British Academy. text
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