Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll,), 1891-1981

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Scholar of medieval English literary history and language who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1961. He is known for his scholarship in the different branches of English philology, and especially for his History of the English language (first published in 1935) and his contributions on the Middle English period to the Literary history of England (published 1948). Baugh also wrote a number of articles on and editions of Chaucer, edited a version of the Ancren riwle (or Anchoresses' rule), and composed a manual on writing for college students (two partial versions of which can be found in the research materials on teaching). He taught courses on Chaucer, Middle English, and English methods, and served on the boards of the Modern Language Association, the Medieval Academy of America, the Modern Humanities Research Association and the International Federation of Modern Languages and Literature. He died in 1981.

From the description of Albert Croll Baugh papers 1914-1973. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 229162662

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referencedIn Photographs, 1905-1994 Hastie, William, 1904-1976. 1905 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941. Notes : concerning Sir Thomas Malory : manuscript, 1896-1925 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll), 1891-1981. Albert Croll Baugh papers 1914-1973. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. Letter to Albert Croll Baugh, 1925. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Parker, E. G. Letters to Albert Croll Baugh, 1914-1916. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Lee, Sidney, Sir, 1859-1926. Letters to Horace Howard Furness and Albert Croll Baugh, 1889-1917. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Adam, William. Land transfer document : manuscript, 1671. University of Pennsylvania Library
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associatedWith Adam, William. person
associatedWith Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. person
associatedWith Hastie, William, 1904-1976. person
associatedWith Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941. person
associatedWith Langland, William, 1330?-1400? person
associatedWith Lee, Sidney, Sir, 1859-1926. person
associatedWith Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. person
associatedWith Parker, E. G. person
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Arthurian romances
English language
English philology
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Birth 1891-02-26

Death 1981-03

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English,

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English, Middle (1100-1500)

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