R. A. Waldron

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Ronald Alan Waldron
Born (1927-01-09) 9 January 1927 (age 97)
Teignmouth, Devon, England
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
GenreMedieval literature
Notable awardsSir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture (1988)[1]

Ronald Alan Waldron (born 9 January 1927) is an English medievalist, considered a pre-eminent expert in the field of early English literature. He wrote many books and was a lecturer at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and King's College London. He made an especial focus on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.[2]

  1. ^ "Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lectures". The British Academy. text
  2. ^ Powell, Susan; Smith, Jeremy J., eds. (2000). New Perspectives on Middle English Texts: A Festschrift for R.A. Waldron. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, N.Y.: D.S. Brewer. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-85991-590-8. OCLC 43757539. Festschrift is a loan word from German: Festschriften are usually produced for anniversaries or retirements, and often include a "tabula gratulatoria" and a bibliography of all the academic work of the recipient.