of essays The Chaucer Canon (1900) A Primer of Classical and English Philology (1905) International relations Skeat was one of the very few scholars in English studies who had sufficient expertise to compete with the state-employed and tenured colleagues from German universities. Like Henry Sweet, Skeat regarded Geoffrey Chaucer and other medieval English authors as part of his national heritage and objected to German scholars publishing works on them. At one point, Skeat exclaimed that even though he was "...to some extent disqualified, as being merely a native of London, in which city Chaucer himself was born," he should be able to contribute scholarship on Chaucer without perceived German interference. Notes References External links A Moeso-Gothic glossary Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. 1835 births 1912 deaths People educated at King's College School, London People from Sydenham, London English philologists Etymologists Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge People educated at Highgate School Elrington and Bosworth Professors of Anglo-Saxon Chaucer scholars Fellows of the British Academy Toponymists Anglican clergy from London