Christopher R. Fee is an American philologist and medievalist. He is a professor of

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Biography

An alumnus of Saint Edward High School, the English Departments of Loyola University Chicago and

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, and the Medieval Studies Program of the

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, Christopher R. Fee received his Ph.D. in

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at the

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, where he taught

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and other topics. Fee has since served as Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at

. From 2008 to 2011 he was Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities at Gettysburg College. In 2012, Fee was named one of the 300 Best Professors in America by the

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. In 2012, 2015, and 2016, Fee was a visiting faculty member in

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at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. He has written numerous works on the subjects of

Anglo-Saxon paganism Anglo-Saxon paganism, sometimes termed Anglo-Saxon heathenism, Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian religion, or Anglo-Saxon traditional religion, refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the 5th and 8th centurie ...

and

Old English literature Old English literature refers to poetry and prose written in Old English in early medieval England, from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066, a period often termed Anglo-Saxon England. The 7th-century work '' Cædmo ...

, and is known as an authority on dragons. He is also editor of the ''Encyclopedia of Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History'' and the ''Encyclopedia of American Myth, Legend, and Folklore''.

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