John Strong Perry Tatlock (February 24, 1876 – June 24, 1948) – known as J. S. P. Tatlock – was an American literary scholar and medievalist.

Biography

Tatlock was born in

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, in February 1876, the son of Florence (Perry) and The Rev. William Tatlock. He attended

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, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896 and his Ph.D. in 1903. He began his academic career at the

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(1897-1916). He later joined the faculties of

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(1915-1925), Harvard (1925-1929), and the

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(1929-1946). He specialized in the literature of medieval Britain, focusing especially on the works of

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He wa ...

and

Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiograph ...

. His works include ''The Development and Chronology of Chaucer's Works'', ''The Modern Reader's Chaucer'', ''The Siege of Troy in Elizabethan Literature'', and ''A Concordance to the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and to the Romaunt of the Rose''. The book for which he is chiefly remembered is his posthumously published study of

, ''The Legendary History of Britain''.Burke A. Hinsdale and Isaac Newton Demmon, History of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1906), pp. 359–360.

Family

Tatlock's daughter,

Jean Tatlock Jean Frances Tatlock (February 21, 1914 – January 4, 1944) was an American psychiatrist and physician. She was a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America and was a reporter and writer for the party's publication ''Western ...

(1914–1944), was an American psychiatrist, writer, and a member of the

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who became known for her romantic relationship with Manhattan Project scientific leader

J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer (; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is oft ...

.Herken, Gregg (2003). ''Brotherhood of the Bomb''. New York: Henry Holt and Company, p. 29. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tatlock, John Strong Perry 1876 births 1948 deaths Writers from Stamford, Connecticut Harvard University alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty University of Michigan faculty American literary historians American male non-fiction writers Chaucer scholars American medievalists Scholars of Latin literature Arthurian scholars American academics of English literature Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America Historians from California Historians from Connecticut Presidents of the Modern Language Association