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

medieval French literature Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, Medieval literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. The ...

, 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 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 The Cairo Conference (codenamed Sextant) also known as the First Cairo Conference, was one of the 14 summit meetings during World War II that occurred on November 22–26, 1943. The Conference was held in Cairo, Egypt, between the United Kingdo ...

on the Middle East, later relating her recollections of

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

'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 politician and author. A social democrat on the right wing of the Labour Party, he was a prominent socialist intellectual. His influential book '' The ...

(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'' (french: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century '' chanson de geste'' based on the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 AD, during the reign of the Carolingian king Charlemagne. It i ...

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

Guibert d'Andrenas Guibert is a given name and surname, and may refer to: ; Given name *Guibert of Ravenna (or Wibert of Ravenna; c. 1029–1100), Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Ravenna, elected Antipope Clement III *Guibert of Gembloux (10th century), founder ...

chanson de geste The ''chanson de geste'' (, from Latin 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of 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 c ...

''. 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 conductor, composer and pianist. Life and career Weingartner was born in Zara, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Zadar, Croatia), to Austrian parents. ...

. 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 French–English translators Scholars of French literature