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Geoffrey Russom
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| Nationality | American |
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| Institutions | Brown University |
| Thesis | Sequential Repetition of Similar Narrative Units as Proof of the Scop’s Originality (1973) |
Geoffrey Richard Russom is an American professor who taught English at Brown University. He is now a Professor Emeritus, which means he is a retired professor but still connected to the university. He is known for studying old languages and literature, especially from the past.
About Geoffrey Russom
Geoffrey Russom studied at several universities. He earned his first degree, a Bachelor of Arts, from Stanford University in 1968. He then received his Master of Arts degree in 1970. In 1973, he earned his Ph.D. from Stony Brook University. For his Ph.D., he wrote a special paper about the original ideas of the scops. Scops were poets and storytellers in Old English times.
After finishing his studies, Professor Russom began teaching. He worked as a professor of English at Brown University. He taught there from 1972 until 2009. Since January 2009, he has been a Professor Emeritus at Brown University.
Professor Russom's main research focuses on very old literature. He studies writings from Old English, Middle English, Old Norse, and Old Irish times. He also looks at how languages like Germanic ones developed. He is especially known for his work on Beowulf, a famous Old English poem. He has written many important books about these topics. Professor Russom is also a member of several important groups. These include the Linguistic Society of America and the Medieval Academy of America.
His Major Books
Professor Russom has written several important books. Here are some of them:
- Old English Meter and Linguistic Theory, published in 1987
- Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre, published in 1988
- The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry, published in 2017
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