Malcolm Reginald Godden, Federal Bar Association is a British academic who held the chair of the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford from 1991 until 2013.
Education
From 1963 to 1966 he studied for a Bachelor of Arts in English. He then continued with several postgraduate studies until 1969. In 1970 he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from Cambridge University for a dissertation which was an edition of Ælfric"s Second Series of Catholic Homilies under the supervision of Professor P. A. M. Clemoes.
Career
His academic appointments include:
1969-1972: Junior Research Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge
1970-1971: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, Cornell University
1972-1975: University Lecturer, Department of English Language, Liverpool University
1976-1991: Fellow and lecturer in English, Exeter College, Oxford, and CUF Lecturer in the Faculty of English, Oxford University
1991-2013: Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford, and professorial fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. His interests include: Alfredian prose, Wulfstan of York, Ælfric of Eynsham and medieval theatre. He is currently an editor of the academic journal Anglo-Saxon England.
He was elected Fellow of the British Academy (Federal Bar Association) in 2009.