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American professor of English (1934–2022)

Verdel Amos Kolve (January 18, 1934 – November 5, 2022) was an American academic who was an honorary fellow at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford and a professor of English.

Life and career

Verdel was born in Wisconsin in 1934 to Amos and Gunda Kolve. He had a younger sister, Lois. Kolve gained his first degree at the University of Wisconsin, following which he went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1955, studying at Jesus College. He stayed on as a post graduate and was supervised by J. R. R. Tolkien.

In 1966 he published The Play Called Corpus Christi (London: Arnold) in which he looked at a range of mystery plays – drawn from the York Cycle, Chester Cycle, Towneley cycle and the misnamed "Coventry Cycle". In 1968 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Verdel died on November 5, 2022, at the age of 88.

References

  1. ^ "V. A. Kolve | Honorary Fellow | St Edmund Hall". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. "Verdel A Kolve in the 1940 Census | Ancestry". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. Thomas, R. George (1969). "Reviews". The Review of English Studies (77): 76–77. doi:10.1093/res/XX.77.76. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Verdel A. Kolve". www.gf.org. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Professor Verdel "Del" Kolve (1934–2022)". UCLA. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  6. "Verdel A. Kolve". Legacy. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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