|
Christopher R. Fee
Christopher R. Fee is an American philologist and medievalist. He is a professor of English at Gettysburg College. Biography An alumnus of Saint Edward High School, the English Departments of Loyola University Chicago and Baldwin-Wallace College, and the Medieval Studies Program of the University of Connecticut, Christopher R. Fee received his Ph.D. in English Language at the University of Glasgow, where he taught Old English, Old Norse, historical linguistics and other topics. Fee has since served as Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Gettysburg College. 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 Princeton Review. In 2012, 2015, and 2016, Fee was a visiting faculty member in Copenhagen at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. He has written numerous works on the subjects of Anglo-Saxon paganism and Old English literat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
