George Lyman Kittredge
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George Lyman Kittredge was an influential American literary scholar and Shakespearean critic who taught at Harvard University in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Harvard University faculty member
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Shakespearean critic ⓘ folklorist ⓘ human ⓘ literary scholar ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
English studies
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philology ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1930s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1880s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1860-02-28 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1941-07-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
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| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Kittredge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chaucer studies
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English literature ⓘ Shakespeare studies ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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scholarly commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Shakespeare scholarship
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American literary criticism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential Shakespeare criticism
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scholarship on Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ teaching at Harvard University ⓘ work on English and Scottish ballads ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Modern Language Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Lyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | George Lyman Kittredge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Study of Gawain and the Green Knight
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Chaucer and His Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ English and Scottish Popular Ballads (editing and commentary) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Kittredge edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Gurney Professor of English Literature at Harvard University
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Professor of English literature at Harvard University ⓘ |
| studied |
Geoffrey Chaucer
NERFINISHED
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Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ folklore and balladry ⓘ medieval English literature ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University
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