亨利·布雷德肖

Henry Bradshaw

当谈起布雷德肖的“工作”时，很难让不熟悉情况的人明白那是多么广泛，多么重要，或多么完美。关于书籍，他比在世的任何人知道的都多——他只要看上一眼，就能说出一本书出版的时期、国家，甚至常常具体到城市。这一学科所涵盖的庞大领域，若没有同样广博的专业知识是不能说清楚的。他是最杰出的研究乔叟的学者之一，一个通晓多种语言、能力很强的语言学家（虽然只是为了阅读，而不是为了讲话），比如，

When one speaks ofBradshaw＇ s ＂work＂ it is hard to make the uninitiated quite understand either its extent, its importance, or its perfection. He knew more about printed books than any man living- he could tell at a glance the date and country, generally the town, at which a book was published. And the enormous range of this subject cannot be explained without a technical knowledge of the same. He was one of the foremost of Chaucer scholars, a very efficient linguist in range （though for reading, not speaking purposes）, as, for instance, in the case of the old Breton language, which he notes and glosses,