John Anthony Burrow, FBA (3 August 1932 – 22 October 2017) was a British scholar of English literature. He was Winterstoke Professor of English at the

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from 1976 to 1998 and Dean of its Faculty of Arts from 1990 to 1993. The only child of an accountant and a teacher, Burrow was born and raised in

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. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1950 to read English. After lecturing at

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and for various Oxford colleges, he was elected a fellow of

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in 1961. In 1976, he moved to the University of Bristol, where he remained until his retirement in 1998. Burrow was married to the novelist

Diana Wynne Jones Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, and short story writer. She principally wrote fantasy and speculative fiction novels for children and young adults. Although usually d ...

Bibliography

* https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/955/Memoirs_18-04-Burrow_0.pdf * https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15633223.obituary-literary-scholar-prof-john-burrow/ * https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/29/john-burrow-obituary * https://muse.jhu.edu/article/698329/summary * https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/chaucer/article-abstract/53/3/252/199178/The-Publications-of-John-Burrow-1997-2017?redirectedFrom=fulltext {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrow, John 1932 births 2017 deaths Fellows of the British Academy People from Loughton Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Academics of King's College London Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Academics of the University of Bristol English literature academics