biography
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Ker, W(illiam) P(aton)
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| lived:
| (1855–1923)
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| biography:
| Scholar, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow and Oxford, and became professor of English at Cardiff (1883–9) and University College London (1889–1920), and professor of poetry at Oxford in 1920. A talker, lecturer, and writer of prodigious learning and vitality, his books include Epic and Romance (1897), The Dark Ages (1904), Essays on Mediaeval Literature (1905), and The Art of Poetry (1923). |
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