Nevill Coghill
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Nevill Coghill was a British literary scholar and translator best known for his modern English rendition of Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales" and his association with the Oxford literary group that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nevill Coghill canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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literary scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
C. S. Lewis
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J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford literary circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-04-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-11-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Exeter College, Oxford
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Haileybury and Imperial Service College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Exeter College, Oxford
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Coghill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chaucer studies
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English literature ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ |
| genre |
literary translation
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medieval literature scholarship ⓘ |
| givenName | Nevill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInBibliography | editions and commentaries on medieval texts ⓘ |
| influenced | popular understanding of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
accessible modern English versions of Middle English poetry
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participation in the Inklings meetings at Oxford ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Inklings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | members of mid-20th-century Oxford English faculty ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Canterbury Tales translated into modern English
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The Pardoner’s Tale (adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ modern English translation of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary scholar
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theatre director ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Castletownshend, County Cork
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford
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Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied | works of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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