Hector Munro Chadwick
Hector Munro Chadwick (born October 22, 1870 in Thornhill , West Yorkshire , † January 2, 1947 in Cambridge ) was a British English Medievalist and historian . From 1912 to 1941 he was Professor of Older English Language and Literature at Cambridge University .
Chadwick's research focus was the comparative literature and cultural studies of the Indo-European peoples and selected other cultures. In particular the comparison and research to the European and especially to the Germanic hero saga . His fundamental findings on establishing a heroic age ("Heroic Age"), and the subsequent research by Cecil Maurice Bowra on oral tradition ("Oral formulaic poetry") from narrative patterns in the saga to the written version, is a basis of the modern Heroic saga research. In addition, in England he contributed to the integration of the study programs and research into the Old English language, literature and culture.
In 1925 he became a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .
Chadwick was married to the philologist Nora Kershaw Chadwick , with whom he also published together.
Works
- Studies in Anglo-Saxon Institutions (1905)
- The Origin of the English Nation (1907)
- The Heroic Age (1912)
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The Growth of Literature , with N. Kershaw Chadwick:
- I: The Ancient Literatures of Europe (1932)
- II: Russian Oral Literature, Yugoslav Oral Poetry, Early Indian Literature, Early Hebrew Literature (1936)
- III: The Oral Literature of the Tatars and Polynesia, etc. (1940)
- The Study of Anglo-Saxon
- The Nationalities of Europe and the Growth of National Ideologies (1945)
- Early Scotland. The Picts the Scots & the Welsh of Southern Scotland (1949)
literature
- Chadwick, Hector Munro . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 1 : Abbey – Challis . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1940, pp. 548 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Publications by Hector Munro Chadwick in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chadwick, Hector Munro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British English scholar, historian and medievalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thornhill , West Yorkshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1947 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , England |