Cyril Edwards

Cyril Edwards MA, D.Phil
Cyril Edwards in June 1983
Born	8 August 1947 Neston, Cheshire, England
Died	15 July 2019(2019-07-15) (aged 71) Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	University Lecturer, Translator
Title	Lecturer in German, Senior Research Fellow
Academic background
Education	Calday Grange Grammar School Jesus College, Oxford
Thesis	Aims and Methods of Characterization in the Secular Epics of Konrad von Wurzburg (1975)
Doctoral advisor	Ruth Harvey
Academic work
Discipline	German language and literature
Sub-discipline	Medieval German Literature
Institutions	Goldsmiths College, London St Peter's College, Oxford
Notable works	The Beginnings of German Literature Translations of Middle High German narrative works

Cyril William Edwards (8 August 1947 – 15 July 2019)^[1] was a British medievalist and translator. Teaching in London and Oxford, he published extensively on the medieval German lyric and Old High German literature, and translated four of the major Middle High German verse narratives.