Gladys Turquet-Milnes
Gladys Turquet-Milnes (* 1889 ; † 1977 ) was a British Romance and French scholar .
life and work
Gladys Rosaleen Milnes taught French at Westfield College in London and was Professor of French at Bedford College until 1952 (successor: John Stephenson Spink ). She was married to the French-born educator and writer André Turquet (1869-1940) and mother of the psychiatrist and fencer Pierre Maurice Turquet (1913-1975).
Works
- The influence of Baudelaire in France and England , London, Constable, 1913.
- Some modern Belgian writers. A critical study , London, Muirhead, 1916.
- Some modern French writers. A study in bergsonism , London, Muirhead, 1921.
- From Pascal to Proust . Studies in the genealogy of a philosophy , London, Cape, 1926.
- Poems , London, Cape, 1928.
- Paul Valéry , London, Cape, 1934.
- (Translator) Joachim du Bellay , The defense & illustration of the French language , London, Dent, 1939.
literature
- Gladys Turquet-Milnes, Apples I have picked. Reminiscences , London, Dent, 1939.
- JM Cocking, 'Obituary: Prof Gladys Turquet. French teaching at Bedford College ', in: The Times January 22, 1977
Web links
- Literature by and about Gladys Turquet-Milnes in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turquet-Milnes, Gladys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turquet-Milnes, Gladys Rosaleen; Turquet, Gladys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Romance studies and French studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1889 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1977 |