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Professor Roger Lonsdale

Elected 1991

Year elected
1991
Subjects
Literature
Website

Dr Charles Burney: a literary biography, 1965
New Oxford book of 18th century verse, 1984
18th century women poets, 1989
The Poems of Gray, Collins and Goldsmith, 1969
Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets, 2006

Current post

Formerly Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford and Fellow of Balliol College

Past appointments

University of Oxford Professor of English Literature

Jan 1992 - Jan 2000

University of Oxford Professor of English Literature

Jan 1992 - Jan 2000

Balliol College University of Oxford Fellow

Jan 1963 - Jan 2000

Balliol College, University of Oxford Fellow

Jan 1963 - Jan 2000

Publications

Dr Charles Burney: a literary biography (1965)

The Poems of Gray, Collins and Goldsmith (1969)

New Oxford book of 18th century verse (1984)

18th century women poets (1989)

Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets (2006)

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