Neil Ripley Ker

Neil Ripley Ker CBE FBA (/kɛər/; 1908–1982) was a scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature. He was Reader in Palaeography at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford until he retired in 1968.[1] He is known especially for his Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon, which is praised as a milestone in Anglo-Saxon manuscript study.[2]

  1. ^ Berkhout, Carl T. (1982). "In Memoriam: Neil Ripley Ker (1908-82)". Old English Newsletter. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ Lapidge, Michael (1993). "Abbot Germanus, Winchcombe, Ramsey and the Cambridge Psalter". Anglo-Latin Literature 900-1066. Continuum. p. 387. ISBN 1-85285-012-4.