Traugott Lawler | |
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Born | Nyack, New York, U.S. | March 8, 1937
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Spouse |
Margaret Lawler (m. 1958) |
Relatives | Mike Lawler (great nephew) |
Academic background | |
Education | College of the Holy Cross (BA) University of Wisconsin (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Medieval history |
Sub-discipline | Medieval literature Medieval English |
Institutions | Yale University |
Traugott Francis Lawler (born March 8, 1937)[1] is an American medievalist.[2] He is an authority on English poet William Langland and Medieval English. Lawler is a professor emeritus of English at Yale University, where he served as the master of Ezra Stiles College and also as a lecturer in religion and literature.[3][4]