Lee W. Patterson
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Lee W. Patterson (May 14, 1940 – June 29, 2012) was an American medievalist, primarily of Chaucer. He finished his PhD at Yale in 1968,[1] then taught at the University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and Yale.[2] He retired from Yale as Frederick W. Hilles Professor Emeritus of English in 2009.[3] He is known for his historicist approach to medieval literature,[2] which "transformed the field."[4]
While at the University of Toronto, he was involved with an Ontario Tenants' Association and the Ontario New Democratic Party.[5]
