| Date of Birth | 22-January-1947 | |
| Place of Birth |
Northampton (Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States of America) |
|
| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Profession | Anthropologist | |
| John Miles Foley was a scholar of comparative oral tradition, particularly medieval and Old English literature, Homer and Serbian epic. He was the founder of the academic journal Oral Tradition and the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri, where he was Curators' Professor of Classical Studies and English and W. H. Byler Endowed Chair in the Humanities. Foley was generally regarded as the world’s foremost authority on the subject of comparative oral traditions. | ||
Awards by John Miles Foley |
||
| Check all the awards nominated and won by John Miles Foley. | ||
1980
|
|
