Jessie Crosland (; 17 November 187916 June 1973) was a scholar of

medieval French literature In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

, Lecturer in French at

Westfield College Westfield College was a small college situated in Hampstead, London, from 1882 to 1989. It was the first college to aim to educate women for University of London degrees from its opening. The college originally admitted only women as students and ...

Life

Jessie Raven was the youngest daughter of the

Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren or Assemblies of Brethren are a low church and Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist Christian movement whose history can be traced back to Dublin, Ireland, in the mid to late 1820s, where it originated from Anglica ...

preacher Frederick Edward Raven (18371903). She married Joseph Beardsall Crosland, a civil servant whom she met through the Brethren, in 1904. In 1921, she accompanied her husband to the

Cairo Conference Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

on the Middle East, later relating her recollections of

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

's behaviour at the conference: She retired in 194647. Her son was the politician

Anthony Crosland Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (29 August 191819 February 1977) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician and author. A social democrat on the right wing of the Labour Party, he was a prominent socialist intellectual. His influe ...

(29 August 191819 February 1977). She died on 16 June 1973,'Mr George Whipple', ''The Times'', 20 June 1973, p.20. in Merton,

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Works

* (tr.) ''

The song of Roland The ''Song of Roland'' () is an 11th-century based on the deeds of the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, during the reign of the Emperor Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French li ...

''. London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. With an introduction by Louis Brandin. * (ed.) '' Guibert d'Andrenas,

chanson de geste The , from 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poetry, epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known poems of this genre date from the late 11th and early 12th centuries, shortly ...

''. Manchester: University Press, 1923. * (tr.) '' Raoul de Cambrai, an old French feudal epic''. London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. * ''The Old French epic''. Oxford: Blackwell, 1951. * ''Medieval French literature''. Oxford: Blackwell, 1956. * ''Outlaws in fact and fiction''. London: P. Owen, 1959. * ''William the Marshal: the last great feudal baron''. London: P. Owen, 1962. * (tr.) 'On the performance of Beethoven's symphonies' by

Felix Weingartner Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian Conducting, conductor, composer and pianist. Life and career Weingartner was born in Zadar, Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Austrian Empire (now ...

. In ''Weingartner on music & conducting: three essays''. New York: Dover Publications, 1969. * ''Sir John Fastolfe: a medieval 'Man of property'.'' London: Owen, 1970.

References

External links

Journal publications by Jessie Crosland
MHRA {{DEFAULTSORT:Crosland, Jessie 1879 births 1973 deaths Academics of Westfield College British Plymouth Brethren French–English translators Scholars of French literature