Professor David Womersley FBA

English literature of the long eighteenth century, especially Gibbon, Swift, Burke and Johnson; sixteenth-century historiography and historical drama; the history of literary criticism; the theory and practice of textual editing

Elected 2009

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2009
Sections: Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830
Website: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-david-womersley#/

Current post

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

2002 -

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Professor David Womersley FBA

Current post

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

2002 -

Related Fellows

Professor Ingrid De Smet FBA

Professor Nico Mann FBA

Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA

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Professor David Womersley FBA

Current post

Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

Past appointments

University of Oxford Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford

2002 -

Related Fellows

Professor Ingrid De Smet FBA

Professor Nico Mann FBA

Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA

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