Smith, David Nichol, 1875-1962

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Birth 1875-09-16
Death 1962-01-18
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

David Nichol Smith (1875-1962) was Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1929 until his retirement in 1946. He was an authority on English Literature from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century.

From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. 1895-1959. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225810188

David Nichol Smith assisted Sir Walter Raleigh with the Arden Shakespeare Series for several years, authored a number of scholarly works including Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century (1928), and edited the Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse (1926).

From the description of David Nichol Smith papers, ca. 1904-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144750

Professor of English Literature at Oxford University.

From the description of A History of English Studies, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30789249

Epithet: Goldsmiths' Reader in English Oxford University

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00015a

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Subjects:

  • College teachers
  • English literature
  • English literature
  • English literature
  • Scholars
  • Scholars

Occupations:

  • Academics

Places:

  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)