Arthur Thomas Hatto | |
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| Born | 11 February 1910 London |
| Died | 6 January 2010 (aged 99) |
| Nationality | English |
| Years active | 1934–1977 |
| Title | Professor |
| Spouse | Rose Margot Hatto (née Feibelmann) |
| Children | 1 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Thesis | A Middle German Apocalypse edited from the manuscript British Museum, Add. 15243 (1934) |
| Influences | Frederick Norman, Robert Priebsch, John Rupert Firth |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | German Language and Literature |
| Institutions | Queen Mary College, London |
| Notable works | Translations of Tristan, Parzival, and Nibelungenlied |
Arthur Thomas Hatto (11 February 1910 – 6 January 2010) was an English scholar of German studies at the University of London, notable for translations of the Medieval German narrative poems Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg, Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, and the Nibelungenlied. He was also known for his theory of epic heroic poetry, and related publications. He retired in 1977, and in 1991 the British Academy elected him as a Senior Fellow.