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Field-Of-Study: Medieval Literature
Mary J. Carruthers
Mary Carruthers studies memory training and rhetorical practices of the Middle Ages, taught in universities and monasteries, used in clerical and court cultures, focusing in particular on compositional and performative practice in the arts of the twelfth through the mid-fifteenth centuries in Europe. Her work has been fruitful to scholars in a number of other
Harry Caplan
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1928: Caplan, Harry: Appointed to prepare a book on the history of medieval theories of rhetoric; investigations in rarer books and unpublished manuscripts of several of the chief European libraries; tenure, twelve months from September 1, 1928. Born January 7, 1896, at Hoags Corners, Rensselaer County, New York.
Beverly M. Boyd
Currently Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Kansas, Beverly Boyd has enjoyed a long career marked by a number of substantial contributions to the fields of hagiography and medieval literature, especially Chaucer studies. After receiving her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1955, she taught at the University of Texas at Austin (1955-59) and
David S. Blondheim
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1926–27: Blondheim, David Simon: Appointed to complete, in Paris, an edition of the Old French glosses in Rashi’s Talmudical Commentaries, and subsequently to gather material for other works, in France, Spain, Italy, Germany and England; tenure, twelve months from June 1, 1926. Born August 24, 1884, at Baltimore,
