John Miles Foley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Miles Foley

American literary scholar

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1947

Place of Birth: Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 03-May-2012

Profession: university teacher, journalist, classical scholar, literary critic, anthropologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

John Miles Foley (January 22, 1947 – May 3, 2012) was a scholar of comparative oral tradition, particularly medieval and Old English literature, Homer and Serbian epic.
He was the founder of the academic journal Oral Tradition and the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri, where he was Curators' Professor of Classical Studies and English and W.
H.
Byler Endowed Chair in the Humanities.