Leonard Ashley Willoughby

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Leonard Ashley Willoughby ( June 4, 1885 - October 5, 1977 ) was a British German studies specialist .

Life

He taught from 1931 to 1950 as a professor of German at University College London . In 1936 he founded the German Life and Letters magazine with Basil Blackwell . In 1947 he gave the Taylorian Lecture at Oxford University and chose the topic Unity and Continuity in Goethe ("Unity and Continuity in Goethe ").

Fonts (selection)

  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti and German literature. A public lecture delivered 1912 at the Taylor Institution, Oxford . London 1912, OCLC 975394283 .
  • Samuel Naylor and 'Reynard the Fox'. A study in anglo-german literary relations . Oxford 1914, OCLC 1111844617 .
  • The Romantic Movement in Germany . Oxford 1930, OCLC 576084813 .
  • The Classical Age of German Literature 1748–1805 . New York City 1966, OCLC 500427961 .

literature

  • German studies presented to Leonard Ashley Willoughby by pupils, colleagues and friends on his retirement . Oxford 1952, OCLC 876779857 .
personal data
SURNAME Willoughby, Leonard Ashley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willoughby, Leonard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British German studies specialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1885
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1977