Abbott, Claude Colleer (1889-1971)

Born 17 April 1889 Broomfield, Essex. Died 17 September 1971 Durham, Co. Durham. 

The Author's and Writer's Who's Who, 6th ed., 1971: ABBOTT, Claude Colleer, M.A. (Lond.), B.A., Ph.D. (Cantab.), b: Broomfield, Essex,1889. e: King Edward VI Sch., Chelmsford, Essex; Univ. of London; Gonville & Caius Coll.; Univ. of Cambridge. Lecturer in English, Univ. of Aberdeen,1921-32; Prof. of English Language & Lit., Univ. of Durham, 1932-54; Emerïtus, 1954; Chm. of Univ. Publications Bd., 1948-50, 1952-54; Editor, Durham Univ. Joumal, 1939-52; Travelled and Lectured within Univs. of U.S.A., 1956-63. publ: Youth & Age (Sidgwick & Jackson); Poems (Blackwell); Miss Bedell & Other Poems (Chatto & Windus); Life & Letters of George Darley (Oxf. Univ. Press); Ploughed Earth Poems (Constable); Early Mediaeval French Lyrics (Oxf. Univ. Press); Ed. Letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins to Robert Bridges & his Correspondence with R.W. Dixon and others (O.U.P.); Early Verses; The Sand Castle & Other Poems (Cape); Boswell (Spence Watson Lecture); (Ed. with Introd.) Poems & Plays by Gordon Bottomley (Bodley Head); (Joint Author) Poet and Painter, Gordon Bottomley & Paul Nash (Oxf. Univ. Press); poems: Summer Love. ctr: Various literary and learned periodicals. c: Athenaeum, a: 7 Church St., Durham. t: 2853.