Robert W. Hanning is an American medievalist. He is an emeritus professor of English and Comparative Literature at

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Biography

Hanning received his B.A. from

in 1958. He then received a

Kellett Fellowship Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it ...

to study at the

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. Hanning obtained a PhD from

in 1964. From 1961 to 2004, Hanning taught English and comparative literature at Columbia. His scholarship focused on medieval English literature. Hanning taught at the

Bread Loaf School of English Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. In the fall of 2024, the college enrolled 2, ...

and directed the program at

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in 1980, 1984, 1986. Hanning received a

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in 1972 as well as an ACLS,

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, and

Rockefeller Fellowship The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller ("Seni ...

. He was elected a fellow of the

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and a trustee of the

New Chaucer Society The New Chaucer Society is a professional academic organization dedicated to the study of Geoffrey Chaucer and the Middle Ages, founded in 1979. Its predecessor, the original Chaucer Society, had been founded by Frederick James Furnivall in ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanning, Robert W. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Columbia University faculty Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America Fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies Fellows of the National Endowment for the Humanities Rockefeller Fellows American medievalists Middlebury College faculty