Chadwick, H. Munro 1870-1947
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Name (Latin)
Chadwick, H. Munro 1870-1947
Other forms of name
Chadwick, Hector Munro, 1870-1947
Chadwick, H. Munro, 1870-1947
Chadwick, H. M., 1870-1947
Chadwick, H. M. (Hector Munro), 1870-1947
Date of birth
1870-10-22
Date of death
1947-01-02
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
1870-1947
Sources of Information
- His The cult of Othin ... 1899.
- His The growth of literature, 1986:CIP v. 1, t.p. (H. Munro Chadwick)
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Wikipedia description:
Hector Munro Chadwick (22 October 1870 – 2 January 1947) was an English philologist. Chadwick was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and the founder and head of the Department for Anglo-Saxon and Kindred Studies at the University of Cambridge. Chadwick was well known for his encouragement of interdisciplinary research on Celts and Germanic peoples, and for his theories on the Heroic Age in the history of human societies. Chadwick was a tutor of many notable students and the author of numerous influential works in his fields of study. Much of his research and teaching was conducted in cooperation with his wife, former student and fellow Cambridge scholar Nora Kershaw.
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