Dennis Howard Green

Dennis Howard Green
Dennis Howard Green
Born	26 June 1922; Bournemouth, England
Died	5 December 2008 (aged 86); Cambridge, England
Spouses	; Dorothy Warren (m. 1947; div. 1972) Margaret Parry (m. 1972; died 1997) Sarah Redpath (m. 2001)
Children	1
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; University of Basel;
Thesis	Konrads Trojanerkrieg und Gottfrieds Tristan. Vorstudien zum Gotischen Stil in der Dichtung
Doctoral advisor	Friedrich Ranke
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic philology
Sub-discipline	German philology;
Institutions	University of Cambridge;
Notable students	Hans Frede Nielsen; David Yeandle;
Main interests	Germanic Antiquity; Germanic linguistics; Medieval German literature;
Notable works	The Carolingian Lord (1965); Irony in the Medieval Romance (1979); Language and history in the early Germanic world (1998);

Dennis Howard Green FBA (26 June 1922 – 5 December 2008) was an English philologist who was Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. He specialized in Germanic philology, particularly the study of Medieval German literature, Germanic languages and Germanic antiquity. Green was considered one of the world's leading authorities in these subjects, on which he was the author of numerous influential works.

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