Anthony Colin Spearing (born 31 January 1936)[1] is William R. Kenan Jr.
Professor of English at the University of Virginia, specialising in medieval literature.
He translated The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works for Penguin Classics.
[4] He has an honorary Ph.D. from Lund University, Sweden, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.)
[5] Spearing has published numerous books and papers on topics of medieval English literature, including many works on Geoffrey Chaucer.