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Roger Sherman Loomis (October 31, 1887 – October 1966) was an American scholar and one of the foremost authorities on medieval and Arthurian literature. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Medieval literature is a broad subject encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe beyond and during the Middle Ages (encompassing the one thousand King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders

Born to American parents in Yokohama, Japan, he was educated at The Hotchkiss School Lakeville, Connecticut. is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Lakeville Connecticut is a village in Salisbury in Litchfield County Connecticut, on Lake Wononskopomuc. He earned a B. A. from Williams College in 1909, an M. Williams College is a highly selective private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. A. from Harvard University in 1910, and a bachelor of literature from Oxford University in 1913. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the was a member of the International Arthurian Society (president of American Branch, 1948 – 63), the Modern Language Association, the Mediaeval Academy of America (fellow; second vice-president, 1961 – 64), the Modern Humanities Research Association, and the American Humanist Association. He was an instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana from 1913 to 1918, when he left to teach at Columbia University. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. He was a member of Columbia's English faculty until 1958, and held an emeritus position there until his death in 1966; he was an Oxford University Eastman Professor from 1955 – 1956.

From his early years Loomis wrote on influence of Celtic mythology on the Arthurian legend, especially in the Holy Grail myth. Celtic mythology is the Mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the Religion of the Iron Age Celts Like other Iron Age According to Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish plate or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers His book A Mirror of Chaucer's World is a pictorial presentation of drawings, sculpture, paintings, and other materials related to Geoffrey Chaucer and his age. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343 – 25 October 1400? was an English author poet Philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and Diplomat.

Roger Sherman Loomis was the son of Henry Loomis and Jane Herring Greene, the great nephew of William Maxwell Evarts and the great-great grandson of American founding father Roger Sherman. William Maxwell Evarts ( February 6, 1818 &ndash February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as US Roger Sherman ( April 19, 1721 ( JC) April 30, 1721 ( GC) July 23, 1793) was an early

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Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster (1871 &ndash 1942 was a Canadian -born American Literary Scholar.
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