Thorlac Turville-Petre
Thorlac Francis Samuel Turville-Petre (born 6 January 1944) is an English philologist who is Professor Emeritus and former head of the School of English at the University of Nottingham. He specializes in the study of Middle English literature. Biography. Thomas Turville-Petre was born on 6 January 1944, the son of Gabriel and Joan Turville-Petre (née Blomfield), both of whom were prominent scholars of Old Norse studies at the University of Oxford. He attended Magdalen College School, Oxford, and gained his B.A., B.Litt. and M.A. from Jesus College, Oxford. He joined the faculty at the  University of Nottingham as a lecturer in 1971, where he subsequently became Professor of Medieval English Literature. He headed the Medieval section of its School of English for several years. From 1997 to 2001, Turville-Petre headed the School of English at the University of Nottingham. Subjects taught by Turville-Petre at the University include Middle English literature. He has conducted important research on the Wollaton Manuscripts, Piers Plowman and other significant pieces of historical literature. Turville-Petre formally retired from the University of Nottingham as Professor Emeritus on 31 August 2010, but has continued to teach there. He is  the author of award-winning scholarly papers, major monographs, and a recipient of large grants from Research Councils. "Medieval Alliterative Poetry" (2010), a festschrift in honor of Turville-Petre, was published under the editorship of John A. Burrow and Hoyt N. Duggan.