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Paul Harold Kocher (April 23, 1907 – July 17, 1998) was a scholar, author, and professor of English. He wrote extensively on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien as well as on Elizabethan English drama, philosophy, religion, and medicine. His numerous publications include studies of Christopher Marlowe and Francis Bacon, as well as J. R. R. Tolkien. He also authored books on the Franciscan missions of 18th- and 19th-century California. Born Paul Harold Kocher in Trinidad, to German parents, he moved to New York in 1919, later becoming a United States citizen. He attended Columbia University when very young, then pursued graduate study of law and literature at Stanford. After earning his doctorate, he taught in the United States and in England, retiring from the faculty of Stanford University in 1970. He was a recipient of fellowships from the Huntington Library, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1973 he won the Mythopoeic Society's Scholarship in Inkling Studies Award for his book ''Master of Middle-Earth''. ==Books== ''Alabado: A Story of Old California''. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1978. ''California's Old Missions: The Story of the 21 Franciscan Missions in Alta California, 1769-1823''. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1976. ''Christopher Marlowe: A Study of His Thought, Learning and Character." Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1946. Reprinted, New York: Russell & Russell, 1962. ''Master of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. Published in Britain as ''Master of Middle-Earth: The Achievement of J. R. R. Tolkien''. London: Thames and Hudson, 1973. Also titled ''Master of Middle-Earth: The Achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien in Fiction''. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974. Reprinted several times, such as in New York: Ballantine Books, 1977; New York: Del Rey, 1982 and 2003; and London: Pimlico, 2002. Translated into French by Jean Markale as ''Le royaume de la terre du milieu: Les clés de l'oeuvre de J.R.R. Tolkien.'' Paris: Retz, 1981. Translated into Italian, ''Il maestro della Terra di Mezzo'', Rome: Bompiani, 2011. Translated into Swedish by Åke Ohlmarks, ''Tolkiens sagovärld: En vägledning''. Stockholm: AWE/Geber, 1989; and Stockholm: Geber, 1973. Translated into Dutch by Max Schuchart, ''Tolkien: Meester van midden-aarde: Zijn romans en verhalen''. The Hague: Bert Bakker, 1973. Translated into Polish by Radosław Kot as ''Mistrz Śródziemia''. Warsaw: Amber, 1998. ''Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 1772-1972: A Historical Sketch''. San Luis Obispo, California: Blake, 1972. ''A Reader's Guide to The Silmarillion''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. ''Science and Religion in Elizabethan England''. San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1953. (edited) ''The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus'', by Christopher Marlowe. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul H. Kocher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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