C. L. Wrenn

Author

1895 – 1969

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Who was C. L. Wrenn?

Charles Leslie Wrenn was a British scholar. He became Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford in 1945, the successor in the chair of J.R.R. Tolkien, and held the position until 1963. Wrenn was a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was also a member of the Oxford literary discussion group known as the "Inklings", which included C. S. Lewis and Tolkien.

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Born
1895
Also known as
  • Charles Leslie Wrenn
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Died
1969

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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