Roger Lonsdale

Roger Harrison Lonsdale DPhil, FBA, FRSL (6 August 1934 – 28 February 2022) was a British literary scholar and academic born in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire.[1][2][3] He was a Fellow and Tutor at Balliol College Oxford from 1963 to 2000, and Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 2000. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1989[4] and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1991.[5][6][7] Lonsdale died at home in Oxford on 28 February 2022, at the age of 87.[8] He was married to the archaeologist Nicoletta Momigliano.[9]

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  5. ^ "English at Balliol College". Balliol College. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Roger Lonsdale, FBA, wins MLA Prize". British Academy. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
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  10. ^ "Prof Roger Lonsdale, FRSL, FBA". Debrett's. Retrieved 2 May 2011.


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