Derek Pearsall
British medievalist
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| Intro | British medievalist | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| is | Historian | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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Derek Pearsall is a prominent medievalist and Chaucerian who has written and published widely on Chaucer, Langland, Gower, manuscript studies, and medieval history and culture.
He is the Co-director, Emeritus, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York; Gurney Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University. Education: B.A. 1951, MA 1952 University of Birmingham (UK).