TBW Reid

TBW Reid (born July 10, 1901 in Armagh , † August 30, 1981 ) was a British Romanist.

life and work

Thomas Bertram Wallace Reid was (as the successor to Mildred K. Pope ) Professor of Romance Philology in Manchester and from 1958 to 1968 as the successor to Alfred Ewert Professor in Oxford. Stephen Ullmann followed him there .

Works

• (Ed.) Yvain (le Chevalier au lion). The critical text of Wendelin Foerster with introduction, notes and glossary , Manchester 1942
• (Ed.) Twelve fabliaux from Ms F. Fr. 19152 of the Bibliothèque nationale , Manchester 1958
• Historical philology and linguistic science. An inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on November 10, 1959 , Oxford 1960
• The Tristan of Beroul. A textual commentary , Oxford 1972
• (Together with William Rothwell and Louise W. Stone) Anglo-Norman Dictionary , ed. by William Rothwell (1963–1992), † Louise W. Stone (1947–1973), † TBW Reid (1973–1981) with the assistance of Dafydd Evans (F – Q), Stewart Gregory (R – Z), DATrotter ( R – Z), † Paul Staniforth (R – S), 7 vols., London 1977–1992

literature

• History and Structure of French: Essays in Honor of Professor TBW Reid , Oxford 1972
• Mediaeval French. Textual Studies in Memory of TBWReid , ed. by Ian Short, London 1984