Sigmund Eisner (academic) explained

Sigmund Eisner
Birth Date:	9 December 1920
Birth Place:	Red Bank, New Jersey, US
Thesis Title:	A Tale of Wonder
Thesis Year:	1955
Doctoral Advisor:	Roger Sherman Loomis
Discipline:	Literature
Sub Discipline:	Medieval literature
Workplaces:	University of Arizona
Main Interests:	Geoffrey Chaucer

Sigmund Eisner (1920–2012) was an American scholar of medieval literature. A professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, he was a noted expert on Geoffrey Chaucer and was frequently consulted on matters of astronomy in Chaucer.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Eisner was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, on December 9, 1920, but was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He enrolled at the University of Arizona in 1939, but joined the army after the Second World War. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1947 and received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University in 1955, then was a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland.

Eisner taught at Oregon State University and Dominican College before returning to the University of Arizona, where he taught for over forty years. He died on December 18, 2012.^[3]

Select bibliography

• A Tale of Wonder. A Source Study of The Wife of Bath's Tale (Wexford: John English, 1957)^{[4] [5]}
• The Tristan Legend: A Study in Sources (Evanston: Northwestern UP, 1969)^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
• Geoffrey Chaucer, A Treatise on the Astrolabe. Variorum Edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer 6 (Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 2006; ed. with Marijane Osborn)^{[11] [12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. News: In Chaucer Tale, a Clue to an Astronomic Reality. Glanz. James. 7 March 2000. The New York Times. 6. 16 January 2013.
2. Book: Osborn, Marijane. Marijane Osborn. Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales. 16 January 2013. 2002. U of Oklahoma P. 9780806134031. xv.
3. News: Professor Emeritus Sigmund Eisner: Obituary. Arizona Daily Star. 16 January 2013.
4. MacQueen. John. 1959. Rev. of Eisner, A Tale of Wonder. The Review of English Studies. new series 10. 40. 406–407. 10.1093/res/X.40.406. 511881.
5. Meyer. Robert T.. 1959. Rev. of Eisner, A Tale of Wonder. Modern Language Notes. 74. 8. 734–35. 10.2307/3040399. 3040399.
6. Richmond. W. Edson. 1970. Rev. of Eisner, The Tristan Legend. The Journal of American Folklore. 83. 329. 360–61. 10.2307/538818. 538818.
7. 1971. Williams. Mary. Rev. of Eisner, The Tristan Legend. Folklore. 82. 2. 169–70. 1258780.
8. Mitchell. Jerome. 1971. Rev. of Eisner, The Tristan Legend. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 70. 1. 146–49. 27705992.
9. Aho. Gray L.. 1970. Rev. of Eisner, The Tristan Legend. Western Folklore. 29. 4. 294–97. 10.2307/1499062. 1499062.
10. Cormier. Raymond J.. 1970. Rev. of Eisner, The Tristan Legend. The French Review. 44. 1. 250. 386029.
11. Snedegar. Keith. 2004. Rev. of Eisner, Osborn, Chaucer: A Treatise on the Astrolabe. Isis. 95. 4. 694–95. 10.1086/432295. 10.1086/432295.
12. Eagleton. Catherine. 2005. Rev. of Eisner, Osborn, Chaucer: A Treatise on the Astrolabe. The British Journal for the History of Science. 38. 4. 478. 10.1017/S0007087405277531. 4028463. 146957312 .
13. Edwards. Michael. 2004. Rev. of Eisner, Osborn, Chaucer: A Treatise on the Astrolabe. Early Science and Medicine. 9. 2. 163–65. 4130156.