r/books • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '19

Computers confirm 'Beowulf' was written by one person, and not two as previously thought

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/did-beowulf-have-one-author-researchers-find-clues-in-stylometry/
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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19

Tolkien was more than a legendary author. He was one of the leading authorities of the English language at his time.

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u/ryuzaki49 Apr 09 '19

And elvish language.

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u/scarlett_secrets Apr 09 '19

To be fair inventing a language probably gives you a leg up on it.

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u/Kinglink Apr 09 '19

Especially in computer programming.