John Callan James Metford
John Callan James Metford (born January 29, 1916 in Rhondda , † March 29, 2007 in Bristol ) was a British Romanist and Hispanist .
life and work
John Callan James (nickname: Jack ) Metford studied Spanish in Liverpool with Edgar Allison Peers , and as a scholarship holder at Yale and Berkeley . During the Second World War he served in Bermuda and South America. He taught from 1946 as a lecturer for Spanish at the University of Glasgow . In 1956 he went to the University of Bristol and headed the Spanish department there, first as a senior lecturer, from 1960 to 1981 as the first professor of Spanish at his university.
Works
- British Contributions to Spanish and Spanish-American Studies , London 1950
- San Martín the liberator , Oxford / New York 1950, 1971,1972 ( José de San Martín )
- Dictionary of Christian lore and legend , London 1983, 1991 (also Lithuanian)
- The Christian year , London 1991
Web links
- http://www.allsaintsclifton.org/parmag/2007May.pdf (obituary, English, by Gillian Clark)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metford, John Callan James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Metford, Jack; Metford, John CJ; Metford, JCJ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Romanist and Hispanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rhondda |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 2007 |
| Place of death | Bristol |