Charles Leslie Wrenn | |
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Born | [1] | 30 December 1895
Died | 31 May 1969[1] | (aged 73)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Scholar |
Title | Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon |
Board member of | Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Durham 1917-20 University of Madras 1920-21 University of Dhaka 1921-28 University of Leeds 1928-1930 University of Oxford 1930-39 King's College London 1939-45 Pembroke College, Oxford 1945-63 |
Charles Leslie Wrenn FPCO (1895–1969) was an English scholar and writer, the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon between 1945 and 1963, and the founder and chairman of the International Association of University Professors of English. Wrenn was also the President of the Philological Society from 1944 to 1948.