biography
| name: |
Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford
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pronunciation:
[greerson]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1866–1960)
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| biography:
| Critic and scholar, born in Lerwick, Shetland, NE Scotland, UK. He studied at King's College, Aberdeen, and at Oxford, and became professor at Aberdeen (1894–1915) and Edinburgh (1915–35), where he was also elected rector (1936–9). His books include Metaphysical Poets (1921), Milton and Wordsworth (1937), and Essays and Addresses (1940). |
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