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Colin Robert Chase

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 5, 2023 by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:02, 2 January 2023 (UTC)



Colin Robert Chase (1935–1984) was an American academic known for his contributions to the studies of Old English and Anglo-Latin literature. An associate professor of English at the University of Toronto, he was the son of playwright, newspaper executive and Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner Mary Chase. His best-known work, The Dating of Beowulf, challenged the accepted consensus as to when the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf (first page pictured) was created; this would be described in A Beowulf Handbook as "a cautious and necessary incertitude". Chase was also known for writing Two Alcuin Letter-Books, a scholarly collection of 24 letters by the 8th-century scholar Alcuin. He also contributed to the Dictionary of the Middle Ages and wrote the Beowulf section of "This Year's Work in Old English Studies" for the Old English Newsletter for nearly a decade.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Corinna ran on November 2, 2022.
 * Main editors: was the FAC nominator and main editor.
 * Promoted: November 29, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: 88th birth anniversary on February 5, 2023.
 * Support as nominator. Vida0007 (talk) 21:25, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support as primary contributor. Tracking down a family member who may have a photo has long been on my to-do list, so I'll try to get a jump start on this. --Usernameunique (talk) 20:02, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:58, 14 December 2022 (UTC)