Editing Michael Everson (section)

==Life==
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Everson was born in [[Norristown, Pennsylvania]], and moved to [[Tucson, Arizona]], at the age of 12. His interest in the works of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] led him to study [[Old English language|Old English]] and then other [[Germanic languages]]. He read German, Spanish, and French for his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] at the [[University of Arizona]] (1985), and the History of Religions and [[Indo-European linguistics]] for his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (1988){{citation needed|date=July 2020}}.

In 1989, a former professor, Dr. [[Marija Gimbutas]], asked him to read a paper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertype.com/misc/basque-jies/basque-jies.html|title=Tenacity in religion, myth, and folklore|publisher=Evertype.com|access-date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> on [[Basque mythology]] at an [[Indo-European studies|Indo-Europeanist]] Conference held in Ireland; shortly thereafter he moved to [[Dublin]], where he studied as a [[Fulbright Scholar]] in the Faculty of [[Celtic Studies]], [[University College Dublin]] (1991).<ref name="urlEvertype: About Michael Everson">{{cite web|url=http://www.evertype.com/misc/bio.html|title=About Michael Everson|work=Evertype.com|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> He became a [[naturalization|naturalized]] Irish citizen in 2000, although he retains American citizenship.<ref name="expert" />