field of onomastics, Neidorf contends that names in Beowulf derive from earlier oral tradition and were not invented by the poet to reflect meaningfully on their bearers. In the field of Old English meter, Neidorf defends the metrical theories of Eduard Sievers and Robert D. Fulk. He argues for the utility of meter as a tool in the editing and dating of Old English poetry. In his methodological writing, Neidorf draws on the epistemology of Karl Popper and argues for the importance of falsifiability and probabilism in literary studies. Selected works The Dating of Beowulf: A Reassessment, 2014 Old English Philology: Studies in Honour of R.D. Fulk, 2016 The Transmission of Beowulf: Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior, 2017 See also Robert D. Fulk J. R. R. Tolkien Tom Shippey Andrew Breeze Geoffrey Russom References External links Leonard Neidorf at the website of Harvard University Leonard Neidorf at Academia.edu Leonard Neidorf at ResearchGate Leonard Neidorf at Google Scholar American philologists Anglo-Saxon studies scholars Eastern Regional High School alumni Germanic studies scholars Harvard University alumni Harvard University faculty Living people Academic staff of Nanjing University New York University alumni People from Voorhees Township, New Jersey Year of birth missing (living people)