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Title
Professor & Chair of English
Area of Study/Expertise
Eighteenth-century British literature; lexicography; forgery, fakery, fraud
Office Location
501 Hill Hall
Phone Number
973-353-5444
Fax
973-353-1450
Email
Jack.Lynch@rutgers.edu

Jack Lynch

Professor

Harmless eccentric.

Publications

  • The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Cambridge, 2003

  • Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Routledge, 2008

  • You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia, Bloomsbury, 2016

Awards & Distinctions

  • NEH Fellowship

    2015-16

  • Visiting Fellow, All Souls College

    2004

  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

    2015

Courses