John Frederick Lindow(born July 23, 1946) is an American philologist who is Professor Emeritus ofOld NorseandFolkloreatUniversity of California, Berkeley.He is a well known authority onOld Norse religionandliterature.
John Lindow | |
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| Born | July 23, 1946 Washington, D.C.,U.S. |
| Spouse |
Katharine Forbes (m.1968) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of theOrder of the Falcon(2018) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University(AB,PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Germanic philology |
| Sub-discipline | Old Norsestudies |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Old Norse religionandliterature |
| Notable works | Handbook of Norse Mythology(2001) |
Biography
editJohn Lindow was born inWashington, D.C.,on July 23, 1946, the son of Wesley Lindow and Eleanor Niemetta. His father was a banker and his mother was a teacher.[1]
John Lindow received his undergraduate degree atHarvard University,where he gained anA.B.,magna cum laude,in 1968, and aPhDin 1972, both inGermanic LanguagesandLiteratures.[2]
After gaining his Ph.D, Lindow joined the faculty atUniversity of California, Berkeley,serving as Acting Assistant Professor (1972–1974), Assistant Professor (1974–1977), Associate Professor (1977–1983), and Professor of Scandinavian (1983-?).[1]He was since retired asProfessor EmeritusofOld NorseandFolklore.[2]
In 1977, Lindow was elected as a corresponding member of theRoyal Gustavus Adolphus Academy.[3]In 2018, he received the Knight's Cross of theOrder of the Falconat the Icelandic president's residence for scholarly contributions in the area of Icelandic medieval literature.[4]He is also a member of theAmerican Folklore Society,theMedieval Academy of Americaand theSociety for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study.[1]
Research
editLindow specializes in the study ofOld Norse religionandliterature.He is also an expert onScandinavian folklore,SamiandFinnish mythology,andInuit religion.Lindow'sHandbook of Norse mythologywas published in 2001. He is the co-editor of the forthcomingPre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures,which is to be published in four volumes byBrepols,and the forthcomingOld Norse Mythology,which is to be published byOxford University Press.[5]
Personal life
editLindow married Katharine Forbes, a teacher, on October 4, 1968, with whom he has two daughters.[1]
Selected publications
edit- Lindow, John (1976) Comitatus, individual and honor: Studies in north Germanic institutional vocabulary, University of California Press[6]
- Lindow, John (1978) Swedish legends and folktales, Berkeley: University of California Press[7]
- Myths and Legends of the Vikings,Bellerophon Books, 1980.
- Viking Ships,Belerophon Books, 1982.
- Scandinavian Mythology: An Annotated Bibliography,Garland Press, 1984.
- (Editor with Carol J. Clover)Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide,Cornell University Press (Ithaca, NY), 1985, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005.
- (Editor with Lars Lonnroth and Gerd Wolfgang Weber)Structure and Meaning in Old Norse Literature: New Approaches to Textual Analysis and Literary Criticism,Odense University Press (Odense), 1986.
- Lindow, John (1997) Murder Vengeance among the Gods: Baldr in Scandinavian Mythology, Helsinki: Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica[8]
- (Editor with Carl Lindahl and John McNamara)Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs,ABC-CLIO, 2000.
- Lindow, John (2001) Handbook of Norse mythology, Santa Barbara, Calif.[9]also published as Lindow, John (2001).Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs.Oxford University Press.ISBN0-19-515382-0.[10]
- Lindow, John (2014)Trolls: An Unnatural History.London: Reaction Books[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abcdContemporary Authors. April 27, 2012.
- ^ab"John Lindow"(PDF).University of California, Berkeley.RetrievedAugust 29,2020.
- ^Curriculum vitaeArchived2010-07-11 at theWayback Machine,2007, retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^"Nýir fálkaorðuhafar | Forseti.is".Forseti.is.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-10-15.Retrieved2018-10-15.
- ^"John Lindow".University of California, Berkeley.RetrievedAugust 29,2020.
- ^Barnes, Michael (1978) Review ofComitatus, Individual and Honor: Studies in North Germanic Institutional Vocabulary by John Lindow (A revision of the author's thesis, Harvard, 1972), Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, Jul., 1978, vol. 53, no. 3, p. 597-600
- ^Simpson, Jacqueline(1979) Review of Swedish Legends and Folktales by John Lindow, Folklore, vol. 90, no. 2, p. 244
- ^Hugus, Frank (1999) (Review of) Murder Vengeance among the Gods: Baldr in Scandinavian Mythology, by John Lindow, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Apr.), pp. 450-452
- ^Simpson, Jacqueline (2003) Review of Handbook of Norse Mythology, Folklore, Aug., 2003, vol. 114, no. 2, pp. 275–76
- ^Lindow (2001:Rear flap).
- ^ O’Donoghue, Heather (2014) From folk tales to internet pests - Review of John Lindow TROLLS An unnatural history,Times Literary Review19 November 2014
Sources
edit- "John Frederick Lindow".Contemporary Authors.Gale.April 27, 2012.Retrieved3 October2020.
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