| Discipline: | Medieval Literature |
| Education: | Columbia University (BA, PhD) University of Oxford (BA) |
| Awards: | Guggenheim Fellowship (1972) |
| Workplaces: | Bread Loaf School of English Columbia University |
Robert W. Hanning is an American medievalist. He is an emeritus professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.[1]
Hanning received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1958. He then received a Kellett Fellowship to study at the University of Oxford.[2] Hanning obtained a PhD from Columbia University in 1964. From 1961 to 2004, Hanning taught English and comparative literature at Columbia.[3] His scholarship focused on medieval English literature.[4]
Hanning taught at the Bread Loaf School of English and directed the program at Lincoln College, Oxford in 1980, 1984, 1986.[5]
Hanning received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972 as well as an ACLS, NEH, and Rockefeller Fellowship.[6] [7] He was elected a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and a trustee of the New Chaucer Society.