Ifor Evans, Baron Evans of Hungershall

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Benjamin Ifor Evans, Baron Evans of Hungershall (born August 19, 1899 in Soho , London , † August 28, 1982 in Tunbridge Wells , Sussex ) was a British literary historian , literary scholar and professor who served as Provost of University College London ( 1951-1966) UCL) and became a member of the House of Lords in 1967 as Life Peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .

Life

University professor, literary scholar and non-fiction author

Evans, the son of a journeyman carpenter from Wales , completed after attending the Stationers' Company School a degree in literature and English at University College London, from which he graduated with honors in 1920. During his studies he won numerous awards such as that of the Early English Text Society (1920) and was also President of the Union of the College. After receiving his teaching diploma with distinction in 1921, he initially worked as a lecturer in English at the University of Manchester between 1921 and 1924 , and during this time also acquired a Master of Arts (MA) with distinction in 1922 . In 1925 he took over a professorship for English at University College Southampton and was then professor at the University of Sheffield from 1926 to 1933 before teaching as professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) between 1933 and 1944 .

He has also written numerous specialist books on literary studies and English literature, as well as the life and work of authors such as John Keats , William Paton Ker and William Morris . Some of his works have also been translated into German .

During the Second World War he was temporarily between 1939 and 1941 employee of the Ministry of Information and from 1940 to 1944 Director of Education of the British Council , a non-profit organization founded in 1934 to promote international relations. He then succeeded Frederick Barton Maurice as Principal of Queen Mary College in 1944 and held this position until he was replaced by Thomas Percival Creed in 1951. During this time, he also served as Vice-Chairman of the Art Council from 1946 to 1951 ( Arts Council ) and between 1950 and 1954 as an executive member of the British Council.

University president and upper house member

The front entrance of University College London, of which Benjamin Ifor Evans was Provost between 1951 and 1966

In 1951 he succeeded David Randall Pye Provost of University College London (UCL) and held this position for fifteen years until he was replaced by Noel Annan, Baron Annan in 1966.

On July 12, 1955, he was beaten to the Knight Bachelor and has since had the suffix "Sir". During this time he served from 1957 to 1958 as chairman of the advisory board of the National Insurance Company ( National Insurance Advisory Committee ), and was also 1957-1966 chairman of the Education Advisory Council of Thames TV, the Linguaphone Institute and the Observer - Trust .

By a letters patent dated August 25, 1967, Evans was elevated to the nobility due to the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Evans of Hungershall , of the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, and thus belonged to the House of until his death Lords as a member. Its official launch ( Introduction ) in the House of Lords was carried out with the support of Arnold Goodman and Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks on 25 October 1967th

After serving as Vice President in 1974, he was President of the Royal Society of Literature from 1975 to 1977 . He was also active as governor of the Old Vic Theater and Sadler's Wells and as a trustee of the British Museum .

Publications

  • William Morris & his poetry , 1925
  • Keats Approach to the Chapman Sonnet , 1931
  • English Poetry in the Later 19th Century , 1933
  • Keats , 1934
  • Selections from Wordsworth. Poetry and prose , 1935
  • Jack Juggler , 1936
  • The Most Virtuous and Godly Susanna: 1578 , co-authors Thomas Garter and WW Greg , 1937
  • In Search of Stephen Vane , 1946
  • Home Study Books , editor, 1947
  • Short History of the English novel , 1949
  • The Arts in England , co-author Mary Cecilia Glasgow, 1949
  • The Use of English: Being a Primer of Direct Eglish , 1949
  • English Literature Between the Wars , 1951
  • WP Ker as a Critic of Literature , 1955
  • The Language of Shakespeare's Plays , 2nd edition 1959
  • Prospects for a Ministry of Fine Arts , 1959
  • Literature and Science , 1960, reprinted 1969
  • English literature: values ​​and traditions , 1962
  • Tradition and Romanticism: Studies in English Poetry from Chaucer to WB Yeats , 1964
  • The Use of English , 1966
  • A Short History of English Drama , 1978
in German language
  • Brief history of English literature , Munich 1962, new editions 1976 and 1983, ISBN 3-406-09324-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 41113, HMSO, London, June 28, 1957, p. 3881 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 41415, HMSO, London, June 10, 1958, p. 3673 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  3. ↑ Entry in Hansard (October 25, 1967)
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Ifor, Baron Evans of Hungershall
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Benjamin Ifor, Baron Evans of Hungershall (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British literary historian, literary scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Soho , London
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1982
Place of death Tunbridge Wells , Sussex