Colin John Partridge, now retired, was born in England in 1935. He obtained a B.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham and taught at the City of Coventry School (1959-1961) and as an assistant lecturer at the University of Manchester (1963) before being promoted to lecturer at Manchester. He came to Canada in 1968 and was appointed assistant professor in the U. Vic. Dept. of English on 1 July of that year. Professor Partridge's publications include Thunderbird (1979), Modern American Fiction (1979), Will Warburton (1981), The Making of New Cultures: A Literary Perspective (1982), and Minor American Fiction, 1920-1940: A Survey and an Introduction (1984), Civil Disturbances (2000).
From the description of Colin John Partridge fonds. [1958-2000]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 688596183
