Frederick Charles Roe
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.
Web links
- Literature by and about Frederick Charles Roe in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://www.thisnes.be/famtree/poussey3.html (Biographical note, excerpt from: Aberdeen University Review 37)
- http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U242434 (date of death)
- Literature by and about Frederick Charles Roe in the WorldCat bibliographic database
personal data | |
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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 |