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Editor's Note: Louis Round Wilson Prize

Editor's Note: Louis Round Wilson Prize Editor’s Note:   Louis  Round Wilson Prize HE  EditorialBo   ard  of  Studies in Philology  voted  at  its  annual  meeting  in  May  2008  to establishan     annualprize     of  $1000  for  the  Tbest  article pu   blished  in  the  journal d   uring  the  previous  year. The  first  prize  willb   e  for  an  article pu   blished  in  2008  (SP,  vol.  105),  and  the  article wil   lb   e  selectedby     a  committee  of  threedra   wn  from  the  editorial  board  and  staff  of  the  journal. Th   e  winning  article wil   lb   e  announceda   t  the Editorial Board’s spring meeting in 2009.   The  Board  voted  to  name  the  prize  in  honor of  Louis  Round  Wilson  (27  December  1876–10  December  1979)  whose  monograph  Chaucer’s Relative Constructions,  b ased  on  his  1905u   NC  doctoral dissert   ation, a  p- peared  as  the  first  issue  of  Studies in Philology  in  1906.  Wilson,who     also  served  on  the  journal’seditorial   co   mmittee  from  1910–13,  had  a  distin- guished   careeras     librarian a  tu   NC  from  1901  until1   932,  when  he  leftto     become  dean  of  the  GraduateLibrar   y  Schoola   t  the u niversity of  Chi- cago.  He  returnedto   u   NC  in  1942  to become  a  member  of  the  facultyof     uNC’s  Schoolof     Library Science. He  later serv   ed  as  special assistant for     development  to  the  chancellor .  Afterh   e  retiredin     1959,  he  became  spe- cialassist   ant to  the  president  of  the u niversity untilh   e  stepped  down  from  thatp   ost  in  1969,  when  he  was  almost93.     He  died  in  1979  shortly  before his 103rd birthday.   During  his  tenure as  librarian h   e  did  much  to  develop  a  librarycol   - lectio n  that would  support  graduate  study,  and  he  oversaw  the  con- struct ion  of  two  of  the  university’s  libraries,includin   g  the  beautiful  building  thato   pened  in  1929  as  the  main  libraryand     thatw   as  named  in  his  honor in  1956.  The  library’smain     collection w   as  moved  to  the  new  Davis  Library in  1983,  and  the  Louis  Round  Wilsonlibrar   yis     now  used  for  special holdings such  as  the  Rare Books,  Maps,  and  the  NorthCaro   - lina  Collection. E. D. K. © 2009 The u niversity of North Carolina Press http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Editor's Note: Louis Round Wilson Prize

Kennedy, Edward Donald.
Studies in Philology , Volume 106 (1) – Jan 11, 2009
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Editor’s Note:   Louis  Round Wilson Prize HE  EditorialBo   ard  of  Studies in Philology  voted  at  its  annual  meeting  in  May  2008  to establishan     annualprize     of  $1000  for  the  Tbest  article pu   blished  in  the  journal d   uring  the  previous  year. The  first  prize  willb   e  for  an  article pu   blished  in  2008  (SP,  vol.  105),  and  the  article wil   lb   e  selectedby     a  committee  of  threedra   wn  from  the  editorial  board  and  staff  of  the  journal. Th   e  winning  article wil   lb   e  announceda   t  the Editorial Board’s spring meeting in 2009.   The  Board  voted  to  name  the  prize  in  honor of  Louis  Round  Wilson  (27  December  1876–10  December  1979)  whose  monograph  Chaucer’s Relative Constructions,  b ased  on  his  1905u   NC  doctoral dissert   ation, a  p- peared  as  the  first  issue  of  Studies in Philology  in  1906.  Wilson,who     also  served  on  the  journal’seditorial   co   mmittee  from  1910–13,  had  a  distin- guished   careeras     librarian a  tu   NC  from  1901  until1   932,  when  he  leftto     become  dean  of  the  GraduateLibrar   y  Schoola   t  the u niversity of  Chi- cago.  He  returnedto   u   NC  in  1942  to become  a  member  of  the  facultyof     uNC’s  Schoolof     Library Science. He  later serv   ed  as  special assistant for     development  to  the  chancellor .  Afterh   e  retiredin     1959,  he  became  spe- cialassist   ant to  the  president  of  the u niversity untilh   e  stepped  down  from  thatp   ost  in  1969,  when  he  was  almost93.     He  died  in  1979  shortly  before his 103rd birthday.   During  his  tenure as  librarian h   e  did  much  to  develop  a  librarycol   - lectio n  that would  support  graduate  study,  and  he  oversaw  the  con- struct ion  of  two  of  the  university’s  libraries,includin   g  the  beautiful  building  thato   pened  in  1929  as  the  main  libraryand     thatw   as  named  in  his  honor in  1956.  The  library’smain     collection w   as  moved  to  the  new  Davis  Library in  1983,  and  the  Louis  Round  Wilsonlibrar   yis     now  used  for  special holdings such  as  the  Rare Books,  Maps,  and  the  NorthCaro   - lina  Collection. E. D. K. © 2009 The u niversity of North Carolina Press

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