Frederick Charles Roe

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Frederick Charles Roe (* 1894 in Hockley Heath , Metropolitan Borough of Solihull ; † 1958 ) was a British Romance scholar, regional scholar and comparativeist .

life and work

Roe studied in Birmingham . During the First World War he did military service (wounded in 1916). From 1919 to 1922 he was a lecturer in English at the University of Lyon . In 1923 he received his doctorate from the Sorbonne with the award-winning work Taine et l'Angleterre (Paris, Champion, 1923) from the Académie française . Then he taught in Birmingham (1923-1924), St. Andrews (1925-1928), University College Hull (1928-1932) and finally from 1932 to 1957 as Carnegie Professor of French at the University of Aberdeen (successor: Armel Hugh Diverres ) . Roe was a Knight of the Legion of Honor and an honorary doctorate from the Universities of Rennes and Clermont-Ferrand .

Other works

  • (Eds.) La France Laborieuse , London / New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935.
  • (Ed.) French travelers in Britain, 1800-1926 , London, Nelson, 1928.
  • Modern France. An introduction to French civilization , London, Longmans, 1956.
  • Sir Thomas Urquhart and Rabelais , Oxford, Clarendon, 1957 (Taylorian Lecture).

Publication of teaching and learning materials

  • Modern tales from France. An anthology of French humor , London, Longmans, 1929.
  • Twentieth century French prose , London, Longmans, 1930.
  • Nelson's French comprehension tests in prose and verse , London, Nelson, 1935.
  • Tales of adventure from modern French authors , London, Longmans, 1936.

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SURNAME Roe, Frederick Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roe, Frederick C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Romance studies scholar, regional scholar and comparativeist
DATE OF BIRTH 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Hockley Heath , Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
DATE OF DEATH 1958