David Wallace (medievalist)

{{Short description|British scholar of medieval literature}}

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David Wallace is a British scholar of medieval literature and Judith Rodin Professor of English, who teaches in the USA University of Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Department of English - David Wallace |url=https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/david-wallace |website=www.english.upenn.edu |accessdate=15 November 2018 |language=en}} After undergraduate study at the University of York, he completed a Ph.D. in 1983 at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge.{{cite web |title=Professor David Wallace - Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.english.upenn.edu/~dwallace/cv.html |website=www.english.upenn.edu |accessdate=15 November 2018}} From 2018 to 2019, he served a one-year term as President of the Medieval Academy of America.{{cite web |title=Department of English |url=https://www.english.upenn.edu/news/2018/01/24/professor-david-wallace-elected-president-medieval-academy-america |website=www.english.upenn.edu |accessdate=15 November 2018 |language=en}}

In 2019, he was awarded the Sir Israel Gollancz Prize by the British Academy "for his lifetime contribution into the study of Chaucer and Medieval English literature".{{cite web |title=Sir Israel Gollancz Prize |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medals/sir-israel-gollancz-prize/ |website=The British Academy |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}