Ronald Alan Waldron

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Ronald Alan Waldron
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Britain
Genres	Medievalism

Ronald Alan Waldron (January 9th, 1927 - ?)^[1] was an English medievalist who was considered a preeminent expert in the field of early English literature. He wrote many books and was a lecturer at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and King's College London. He made an especial focus on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and its anonymous author.^[1]

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Books About Ronald Alan Waldron 3 Works Authored by Ronald Alan Waldron 4 References

[edit] Early Life

Waldron was born and raised in Teignmouth attended Teignmouth Grammar School. After leaving school he worked as a clerk at Teignmouth Electric Company before being called up for National Service late in World War II. After the war under the governmental Further Education and Training Scheme program he attended the University College of the South West of England and graduated in 1951 then proceeded to postgraduate work at Royal Holloway College of the University of London, graduating in 1953. He was married to his wife Mary in 1955 and they had two children.^[1]

[edit] Books About Ronald Alan Waldron

• Susan Powell and Jeremy J. Smith, eds (2000), New Perspectives on Middle English Texts: A Festschrift for R.A. Waldron, Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, N.Y.: D.S. Brewer, pp. 190 pp., ISBN 9780859915908, <http://books.google.com/books?id=GNMGTBumIHQC>  OCLC 43757539

[edit] Works Authored by Ronald Alan Waldron

• Waldron, Ronald Alan, editor (1970). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, p. 139. ISBN 9780810103283.  OCLC 135649
• Andrew, Malcolm & Waldron, Ronald Alan (1978), The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. p. 373, ISBN 9780859897266  OCLC 5241542
• Kennedy, Edward Donald; Waldron, Ronald Alan & Wittig, Joseph S. (1988), Medieval English Studies Presented to George Kane, Wolfeboro, N.H.: D.S. Brewer, pp. 327, ISBN 9780859912624  OCLC 16833713
• Finch, Casey; Waldron, Ronald Alan; Andrew, Malcolm & Peterson, Clifford J. (1993), The Complete Works of the Pearl Poet, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 488, ISBN 9780520078710  OCLC 25409834
• Waldron, Ronald Alan (2001). "Doublets in the Translation Techniques of John Trevisa". Lexis and Texts in Early English : Studies Presented to Jane Roberts: 302 pp.. Amsterdam ; Atlanta: Rodophi.  OCLC 46827633

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Waldron, Ronald Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	R. A. Waldron
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9th, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH