Dennis Howard Green
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Dennis Howard Green FBA (26 June 1922 – 5 December 2008) was an English philologist who was Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. He specialized in Germanic philology, particularly the study of Medieval German literature, Germanic languages and Germanic antiquity. Green was considered one of the world's leading authorities in these subjects, on which he was the author of numerous influential works.
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Born | (1922-06-26)26 June 1922 Bournemouth, England |
Died | 5 December 2008(2008-12-05) (aged 86) Cambridge, England |
Spouses | Dorothy Warren
(m. 1947; div. 1972)Margaret Parry
(m. 1972; died 1997)Sarah Redpath (m. 2001) |
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Thesis | Konrads Trojanerkrieg und Gottfrieds Tristan. Vorstudien zum Gotischen Stil in der Dichtung |
Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Ranke |
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Discipline | Germanic philology |
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