Alistair Campbell (academic)
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Alistair Campbell was a British
academic who was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
, University of Oxford
, and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford
, from October 1963 until his death. He is the editor of the standard edition of the Old English poem Battle of Brunanburh
and the author of Old English Grammar (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959 ISBN 0198119011).
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academic who was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by Richard Rawlinson of St. John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College. 'Bosworth' was added to commemorate Joseph...
, University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. As of 2009, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £44.9 million.-History:...
, from October 1963 until his death. He is the editor of the standard edition of the Old English poem Battle of Brunanburh
Battle of Brunanburh (poem)
The Battle of Brunanburh is an Old English poem. It is preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a historical record of events in Anglo-Saxon England which was kept from the late ninth to the mid-twelfth century. The poem records the Battle of Brunanburh, a battle fought in 937 between an English...
and the author of Old English Grammar (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959 ISBN 0198119011).