| Administrative History | Born 21 May 1915. Educated at Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow; University of London (King's College and University College); British School at Rome. Assistant, English Department, and Tutor to Students for Diploma in Humanities, King's College, London, 1938-1940; British Council Lecturer, British Institute, Rome, and Institute of English Studies, Athens, 1939-1941. Served War, 1941-1946 (despatches): Cyprus Regt. and Royal Pioneer Corps; commissioned 1941; Maj. 1943; acting Lt.-Col. 1945. Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in English 1946-1955, and Adviser to Postgraduate Students, 1949-1953, University College, London; Professor of English, Queen's University, Belfast, 1955-1958. Hon. Sec., The Shakespeare Association, 1950-; Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Birmingham, 1958-; Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, 1961-1978. Married Katherine Margaret Walpole, 1948. Died 3 March 1978. Publications: 'Istorias tes agglikes logotechnias' (Athens), 1941; 'Fair Greece, Sad Relic: Literary Philhellenism from Shakespeare to Byron', 1954; 'The Modern Usage of English', 1955; ed. (with James Sutherland) 'On Modern Literature by W. P. Ker', 1955; 'From Gibbon to Darwin', 1959; 'The Tyranny of Shakespeare', 1959; 'Byron and the Greek Tradition', 1960; contributions to other books and to journals.
[Compiled from 'Who's Who' 1961] |