Derek Pearsall

Derek Albert Pearsall (1931–2021) was an English medievalist and Chaucerian who wrote and published widely on Chaucer, Langland, Gower, manuscript studies, and medieval history and culture. [1]

He was the co-director, Emeritus, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York; Gurney Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University.[2][3] In 1998 he delivered the British Academy's Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture.[4]

  1. ^ Gustafson, Kevin. “New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall.” Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History 18 (2015).
  2. ^ "People". Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. ^ Aers, David, ed. (2000). "Preface by Derek Brewer". Medieval Literature and Historical Inquiry: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. pp. vii–ix. ISBN 9780859915557.
  4. ^ "Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lectures". The British Academy. text