Basil Willey : British Scholar of English Literature and Intellectual History, WW1 British Army Veteran, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge, and Later President of Pembroke College

July 25, 1897 — September 3, 1978

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British scholar of English literature and intellectual history. Having served in the British Army during the First World War, he rose to become King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1946 and President of Pembroke College from 1958 to until his retirement in 1964.

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July 25, 1897

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September 3, 1978

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