Obituary of the Anglo-Saxonist Bruce Mitchell

[wellinghall]

"He became a Fellow of St Edmund Hall in 1955, recommended by JRR Tolkein, who wrote that Mitchell 'would prove a very suitable person to fill the lectureship . . . although he is an Australian'."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7041454.ece

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

What the_marquis said.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Oh and worth pinging this to TSC/AH for at least a note if not the full Rath Dinen treatment (don't think he was a member)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yeah, will do.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Did you see Arda mum's comment?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yep - replied offlist.