Dennis Howard Green
Dennis Howard Green (26 June 1922 – 5 December 2008) was Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Life and work
Green studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was awarded a PhD in 1949 in Basel. He is the author of many books and scholarly essays in the field of medieval language and literature.
Academia
Green was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1979 he became the Schröder Professor of German at Cambridge University. In 1989, he became a Fellow of the British Academy. [2]
Family
He married Dorothy Warren in 1947 (died 2006; one daughter; marriage dissolved 1972), in 1972 he married Margaret Parry (died 1997), in 2001 he married Sarah Redpath.
References
- ↑ "Professor Dennis Green: Cambridge scholar at the forefront of German medieval studies in Britain and abroad | Obituaries | News". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "Deceased Fellows - British Academy". Britac.ac.uk. 1922-06-26. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
Bibliography
The Annual Record of Trinity College for 2009 has obituaries by Roger Paulin and Nigel Palmer. The latter contains a reference to a speech which Green made on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.