Paul H. Kocher

Paul Harold Kocher (April 23, 1907 - July 17, 1998) was an author and professor of English. He wrote extensively on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien as well as on aspects of Elizabethan English philosophy and literature, and the Franciscan missions of 18th and 19th century California.

Born Paul Harold Kocher in Trinidad, he later moved to New York, becoming a United States citizen. He taught at various universities across the United States, retiring from Stanford University in 1970. Winner of the Mythopoeic Society's Scholarship in Inkling Studies Award in 1973 for his book Master of Middle Earth.

Books and publications:

Marlowe's Atheist Lecture: The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 1940

Christopher Marlowe: A Study of His Thought, Learning and Character. North Carolina. 1946

Science and Religion in Elizabethan England. 1955

Master of Middle-Earth: the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien. 1972 (published as: Master of Middle-Earth: the achievement of J. R. R. Tolkien in Britain in 1973)

California's old missions: the story of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California, 1769-1823. 1976

Readers' Guide to the Silmarillion. 1980

Sources

Memorial Resolution from Stanford University

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Name	Kocher, Paul Harold
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Date of birth	April 23, 1907
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Date of death	July 17, 1998
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