Charles Leslie Wrenn

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Charles Leslie Wrenn also CL Wrenn (* 1895 , † 1969 ) was a British philologist and professor of Anglo-Saxon linguistics (Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon). Wrenn also worked as an illustrator for the books I spy by Natalie Sumner Lincoln and Uncle Noah's Christmas party by Leona Dalrymple.

Life

Wrenn taught from 1945 to 1963 as a Fellow of Pembroke College at Oxford University . In 1946 he took over the post of "Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon" as the successor to JRR Tolkien . Like Tolkien, he was a member of the " Inklings " association, which included other professors and writers such as CS Lewis , Nevill Coghill , Colin Hardie and Hugo Dyson .

Fonts (selection)

  • The poetry of Caedmon. in: Sir Israel Gollancz memorial lecture. London circa 1946, OCLC 799171 .
  • The English language. in: Home study books, 8. Methuen, London around 1949, OCLC 2157330 .
  • with JR Clark Hall, Ms. Klaeber, JRR Tolkien: Beowulf: with the Finnesburg fragment. Allen & Unwin, London around 1950, OCLC 1498992 .
  • with Randolph Quirk: An Old English grammar. in: Methuen's Old English library. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, OCLC 317904 .
  • with Norman Davis: English and medieval studies, presented to JRR Tolkien on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Allen & Unwin, London around 1962, OCLC 316351 .
  • Anglo-Saxon poetry and the amateur archaeologist. in: Chambers Memorial lectures. University College, London 1962, OCLC 4427773 .
  • with RW Chambers : Beowulf: an introduction to the studies of the poem with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1963, OCLC 9763509 .
  • Word and symbol: studies in English language. in: English language series. Longmans, London 1967, OCLC 317280 .
  • A study of Old English literature. WW Norton, New York 1968, OCLC 403358 .
  • The idea of ​​comparative literature. presumably in Cambridge, 1968, OCLC 193427 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Job Description and Selection Criteria. (PDF; 108 kB) on ox.ac.uk, accessed on February 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ Illustrator for Natalie Sumner Lincoln, C. L Wrenn: I spy . D. Appleton and Company, New York 1916, OCLC 11255564 . and Leona Dalrymple, C. L Wrenn, Charles Guischard: Uncle Noah's Christmas party . McBride, Nast & Co., New York 1914, OCLC 8363741 .
  3. ^ Pembroke College - University of Oxford. In: archive.is. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006 ; Retrieved July 8, 2015 .
  4. ^ Inklings on oxforddnb.com, accessed February 9, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Wrenn, Charles Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wrenn, CL
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British philologist and professor of Anglo-Saxon linguistics
DATE OF BIRTH 1895
DATE OF DEATH 1969