Alan Martin Boase

Alan Martin Boase (born June 23, 1902 in St Andrews , † November 7, 1982 ) was a British Romance studies and literary scholar of Scottish origin.

life and work

Boase studied at New College (Oxford) , Trinity College (Cambridge) and the Sorbonne . From 1929 he was a lecturer at the University of Sheffield , from 1936 to 1937 professor at the University of Southampton . Boase was the second Marshall Professor of French at the University of Glasgow from 1937 to 1966, succeeding Charles Martin . In 1974 he taught at the Collège de France .

Boase was an associate editor of the journal French Studies . He was an officer in the Legion of Honor .

The Fortunes of Montaigne. A history of the Essays in France, 1580-1669 , London 1935, New York 1970
(with François Ruchon ) La vie et l'oeuvre de Jean de Sponde , Geneva 1949 (Ruchon on life, Boase on work)
Vie de Jean de Sponde , Paris 1977

(with Arthur Tilley ) Montaigne , Selected essays , Manchester 1934, 1948, 1954, 1981
(with François Ruchon) Jean de Sponde, Poésies , Geneva 1949
The Poetry of France from André Chénier to Pierre Emmanuel , London 1952, 1957
The Poetry of France , 3 vols., London 1964–1973 (1400–1600, 1600–1800, 1800–1900)
Jean de Sponde: Œuvres littéraires , Geneva 1978

Donald R. Haggis (Ed.): The French Renaissance and its heritage. Essays presented to Alan M. Boase by colleagues, pupils and friends . London 1968, ISBN 0-416-11500-4 .
Obituary (English). In: French Studies , 38, 118-119 (1984), ISSN 0016-1128
Noël Peacock: Boase, Alan Martin (1902-1982) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004

personal data
SURNAME	Boase, Alan Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Romance studies and literary scholar of Scottish origin
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	St Andrews
DATE OF DEATH	November 7, 1982