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No, he was Professor of French and therefore Head of the French Department. I studied under him 1959-62. In the UK other academic staff are referred to as lecturers, not professors.
 
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'''Lewis Thorpe''' [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] [[L.-ès-L.]] [[Ph.D]] [[D. de l'U]] [[FIAL]] [[FRSA]] [[FRHistS]] was a British philologist, translator, and husband of the Italian scholar and lexicographer [[Barbara Reynolds]]. He died on 10 October 1977.
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'''Lewis Guy Melville Thorpe''' [[FRSA]] [[FRHistS]] (5 November 1913 – 10 October 1977)<ref name="obit">''UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2018''</ref><ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007''</ref> was a British philologist and translator. He was married to the Italian scholar and lexicographer [[Barbara Reynolds]].


After service in [[Italy]] in the [[Second World War]] Lewis Thorpe joined the staff of the [[University of Nottingham]] in 1946. He was Professor of French there from 1958 to 1977. He served as President of the British Branch of the [[International Arthurian Society]] and was a member of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]].
After service in [[Italy]] in the [[Second World War]], Lewis Thorpe joined the staff of the [[University of Nottingham]] in 1946. He was Professor of French there from 1958 to 1977. He served as President of the British Branch of the [[International Arthurian Society]] and was a member of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].


Thorpe was born in [[Croydon]].<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915''</ref> He died in [[Nottingham]] in 1977.<ref name="obit"/>
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==Publications==


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==Publications==
*''La France guerrière''. Penguin, 1945.
*''La France guerrière''. Penguin, 1945.
*''Le [[roman de Laurin]], fils de Marques le Sénéchal''. 1950.
*''Le [[roman de Laurin]], fils de Marques le Sénéchal''. 1950.
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*''The [[Bayeux Tapestry]] and the Norman Invasion''. 1973.
*''The [[Bayeux Tapestry]] and the Norman Invasion''. 1973.


===Lewis Thorpe as editor===
===As editor===

*''Bulletin bibliographique'' of the International Arthurian Society
*''Bulletin bibliographique'' of the International Arthurian Society
*''Nottingham Mediaeval Studies''
*''Nottingham Mediaeval Studies''
*''Nottingham Franch Studies''
*''Nottingham French Studies''


===Lewis Thorpe as translator===
===As translator===
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*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae|The History of the Kings of Britain]]''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966 (revised, 1976).

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*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae|The History of the Kings of Britain]]''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966.
*[[Einhard]] and [[Notker Balbulus|Notker the Stammerer]], ''Two lives of Charlemagne''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
*[[Einhard]] and [[Notker Balbulus|Notker the Stammerer]], ''Two lives of Charlemagne''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.
**Einhard the Frank, ''[[Vita Karoli Magni|The Life of Charlemagne]]''. 1970.
**Einhard the Frank, ''[[Vita Karoli Magni|The Life of Charlemagne]]''. 1970.
*[[Gregory of Tours]], ''The History of the Franks''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
*[[Gregory of Tours]], ''The History of the Franks''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
*[[Gerald of Wales]], ''The Journey Through Wales'' and ''The Description of Wales''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978.
*[[Gerald of Wales]], ''[[Itinerarium Cambriae|The Journey Through Wales]]'' and ''[[Descriptio Cambriae|The Description of Wales]]''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1978.


==References==
==References==
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This entry is partly based on the biographical sketches on the flyleaves of Lewis Thorpe's translation of Gerald of Wales, ''The Journey Through Wales'' and ''The Description of Wales'' ([[Penguin Books]], 1978) and of Monmouth's ''History of the Kings of Britain'', Penguin 1973 reprint.
*Lewis Thorpe's translation of Gerald of Wales, ''The Journey Through Wales'' and ''The Description of Wales'' ([[Penguin Books]], 1978)
*''History of the Kings of Britain'', Penguin 1973 reprint

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Latest revision as of 10:38, 1 November 2023

For the baseball player, see Lewis Thorpe (baseball).

Lewis Guy Melville Thorpe FRSA FRHistS (5 November 1913 – 10 October 1977)[1][2] was a British philologist and translator. He was married to the Italian scholar and lexicographer Barbara Reynolds.

After service in Italy in the Second World War, Lewis Thorpe joined the staff of the University of Nottingham in 1946. He was Professor of French there from 1958 to 1977. He served as President of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society and was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Thorpe was born in Croydon.[3] He died in Nottingham in 1977.[1]

Publications[edit]

  • La France guerrière. Penguin, 1945.
  • Le roman de Laurin, fils de Marques le Sénéchal. 1950.
  • Le roman de Laurin: text of MS B. N. F. fr. 22548. Cambridge: Heffer, 1960.
  • Guido Farina, Painter of Verona, 1896-1957. 1967 (with Barbara Reynolds).
  • Heldris de Cornouaille, Le roman de Silence. Cambridge: Heffer, 1972.
  • The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion. 1973.

As editor[edit]

  • Bulletin bibliographique of the International Arthurian Society
  • Nottingham Mediaeval Studies
  • Nottingham French Studies

As translator[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2018
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Lewis Thorpe's translation of Gerald of Wales, The Journey Through Wales and The Description of Wales (Penguin Books, 1978)
  • History of the Kings of Britain, Penguin 1973 reprint


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