J. J. Earle
Male, Deceased Person
1824 – 1903
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Who was J. J. Earle?
John J. Earle was a British academic and clergyman, the rector of Swanswick and Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford.
He translated Beowulf in 1892, a version that was described by J.R.R. Tolkien as "one of the most poorly translated works ever." Chauncey B. Tinker, in his The Translations of Beowulf: A Critical Bibliography, was more generous; he said
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He wrote a book, Anglo-Saxon, in 1884.
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