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'''Simonne Rosalie Thérèse Odile d'Ardenne''' ([[1899]]-[[1986]]; ''S.R.T.O.'' or sometimes ''S.T.R.O.'') was a Belgian medieval philologist who studied [[Middle English]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] during the 1930s,<ref>[[John Tolkien|Tolkien, John]] and [[Priscilla Tolkien|Tolkien, Priscilla]]: ''[[The Tolkien Family Album]]'', p. 68</ref> and became Professor of Comparative Grammar at the University of Liège in 1938.<ref>{{CG|RG}}, p. 202-4</ref>
'''Simonne Rosalie Thérèse Odile d'Ardenne''' ([[1899]]-[[1986]]; ''S.R.T.O.'' or sometimes ''S.T.R.O.'') was a Belgian medieval philologist who studied [[Middle English]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] during the 1930s<ref>[[John Tolkien|Tolkien, John]] and [[Priscilla Tolkien|Tolkien, Priscilla]]: ''[[The Tolkien Family Album]]'', p.68</ref>, and became Professor of Comparative Grammar at the University of Liège in 1938<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond, Wayne G.]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull, Christina]]: ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'': ''Reader's Guide'', p.202f</ref>.


D'Ardenne became a close friend of the Tolkien family, and J.R.R. visited her in Belgium in the 1950s.
D'Ardenne became a close friend of the Tolkien family, and J.R.R. visited her in Belgium in the 1950s.
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===Articles===
===Articles===


*[[1947]]: ''[[English Studies Vol. 27, No. 6|''English Studies'' Vol. 27, No. 6]]''
*[[1947]]: ''[[English Studies (December 1947)|''English Studies'' Vol. 27, No. 6]]''
**"'Iþþlen' in ''Sawles Warde''" (S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, J.R.R. Tolkien)
**"'Iþþlen' in ''Sawles Warde''" (S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, J.R.R. Tolkien)
*[[1948]]: [[Studia Neophilologica Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2|''Studia Neophilologica'' Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2]]
*[[1948]]: [[Studia Neophilologica Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2|''Studia Neophilologica'' Vol. 20, Nos. 1-2]]
**MS. Bodley 34: A Re-Collation of a Collation" (S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, J.R.R. Tolkien)
**MS. Bodley 34: A Re-Collation of a Collation" (S.R.T.O. d'Ardenne, J.R.R. Tolkien)
* [[1962]]: ''[[English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday]]''
** "A Neglected Manuscript of British History"
*[[1979]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller]]''
*[[1979]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller]]''
**"The Man and the Scholar - A reminiscence" (as S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne)
**"The Man and the Scholar - A reminiscence" (as S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne)

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Simonne d'Ardenne
Biographical information
Born1899
Died1986
EducationOxford, University of Liège
OccupationAcademic, author
LocationBelgium

Simonne Rosalie Thérèse Odile d'Ardenne (1899-1986; S.R.T.O. or sometimes S.T.R.O.) was a Belgian medieval philologist who studied Middle English with J.R.R. Tolkien during the 1930s,[1] and became Professor of Comparative Grammar at the University of Liège in 1938.[2]

D'Ardenne became a close friend of the Tolkien family, and J.R.R. visited her in Belgium in the 1950s.

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