Hatto, A. T.
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Name (Latin)
Hatto, A. T.
Other forms of name
nna Hatto, Arthur Thomas
Hatto, Arthur T
Date of birth
1910-02-11
Date of death
2010-01-06
Place of birth
London (England)
Associated country
Great Britain
Place of residence/headquarters
London (England)
Field of activity
Epic poetry
Associate group
University of London
British Academy
British Academy (1991)
Occupation
Translators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Smith, A. H. A list of English ... 1939.
- Ww, 152nd ed.(Hatto, Arthur Thomas; b. Feb. 11, 1910)
- Arthur Hatto was an outstanding scholar of German studies at the University of London who formulated a theory of epic heroic poetry. He was recruited to work in the cryptographic bureau at the Foreign Office in February 1939 and afterwards worked at Bletchley Park. Later, in order to study epic poetry, Hatto taught himself Russian and Kirghiz. He was elected as a Senior Fellow of the British Academy in 1991 ( (British Academy, May 7, 2017) )
- born in London; head of the department of German, Queen Mary College 1938-77 ( (Special forces, May 7, 2017) )
Wikipedia description:
Arthur Thomas Hatto (11 February 1910 – 6 January 2010) was an English scholar of German studies at the University of London, notable for translations of the Medieval German narrative poems Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg, Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, and the Nibelungenlied. He was also known for his theory of epic heroic poetry, and related publications. He retired in 1977, and in 1991 the British Academy elected him as a Senior Fellow.
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