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Professor Peter Butter

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English scholar and critic Peter Butter studied English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford, England. He served in the Royal Artillery during the second world war, and subsequently returned to Oxford, where he gained a First Class degree. He gained his first academic appointment, at Edinburgh University, Scotland, in 1948, and in 1958 was elected to a Chair of English at Queen's University. His first book, 'Shelley's Idols of the Cave,' was published in 1954. He was Regius Professor of English Language and Literature at Glasgow University, Scotland, between 1965 and 1986.

Butter, Peter Herbert

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Professor O.R. Gurney

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Assyriologist Oliver Gurney was born in London, England, in 1911. He studied classical Greats at New College, Oxford, England, graduating in 1933. He served in the Royal Artillery during the second world war, and in 1945 took the position of Shillito Readership in Assyriology at Oxford University.

Gurney, Oliver Robert

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Professor G.H. McWilliam

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Italianist George McWilliam was born in Wallasey, England, in 1927. He studied at Leeds University, England, becoming temporary assistant lecturer in the early 1950s. His later roles including lecturer-in-charge of Italian at Trinity College Dublin.

McWilliam, George Henry

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