Leslie Peter Johnson

Leslie Peter Johnson BA, MA, Dr.Phil.
Born	3 July 1930 Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died	16 December 2016(2016-12-16) (aged 86)
Nationality	British
Occupation	University lecturer
Title	Reader in Medieval German Literature Fellow of Pembroke College
Board member of	Syndic of Cambridge University Press
Academic background
Alma mater	King's College, Durham University of Kiel
Thesis	"Ersatzabstrakta" im Parzival Wolframs von Eschenbach (1955)
Doctoral advisor	Wolfgang Mohr
Academic work
Discipline	German language and literature
Sub-discipline	Middle High German literature
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Notable students	Martin Durrell
Main interests	Wolfram von Eschenbach Minnesang
Notable works	Die höfische Literatur der Blütezeit, 1999

Leslie Peter Johnson (3 July 1930 – 16 December 2016),^[1] also known as Peter Johnson, L. Peter Johnson, or L. P. Johnson, was a British Germanist, who specialized in the literature of the Middle High German "golden age". He was Reader in Medieval German Literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Pembroke College.