Christopher Cannon (medievalist)
Christopher Cannon is a mediaevalist at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and Classics, Chair of Classics, and Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is a leading authority of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Education
He was educated at Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD).
Career
Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017 was Chair of English at New York University for 5 years. He has taught at the University of Oxford, UCLA, and University of Cambridge where he was a Fellow of Girton College.
Works
Prizes
William Riley Parker Prize at MLA (2014)