Patrick Boyde,
FBA (born 1934) is a British Italianist and retired academic. He was
Serena Professor of Italian
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at the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
from 1981 to 2002 and has been a
fellow
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of
St John's College, Cambridge
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, since 1966.
Career
Born in 1934, Boyde studied at
St John's College, Cambridge
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, graduating in 1956 and then completing a
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in 1963. After a year as an assistant
lecturer
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at the
University of Leeds
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
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, ...
, he was appointed to an assistant lectureship at the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
in 1962 and was eventually promoted to a full lectureship; he was then appointed
Serena Professor of Italian
The Serena Professorship of Italian is the senior professorship in the study of Italian language, literature and culture at the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Manchester and University of Birmingham. At Cambridge, it ...
in 1981, serving until retirement in 2002. He was also elected to a
fellowship
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at St John's College in 1966. In 1987, Boyde was elected a
Fellow of the British Academy
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, the United Kingdom's
national academy
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for the humanities.
"Professor Patrick Boyde FBA"
''The British Academy
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''. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
Publications
* (Edited with Kenelm Foster) ''Dante's Lyric Poetry'' (Clarendon Press
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, 1967).
* ''Dante's Style in his Lyric Poetry'' (Cambridge University Press
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, 1971).
* ''Dante Philomythes and Philosopher: Man in the Cosmos'' (Cambridge University Press
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, 1981).
* ''Perception and Passion in Dante's Comedy'' (Cambridge University Press
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, 1993).
* (Edited with Zygmunt Barański) ''Lettura del Fiore'' ( Longo Editore, 1993).
* (Co-authored with Vittorio Russo) ''Dante e la scienza'' ( Longo Editore, 1995).
* (Co-authored with Zygmunt Barański) ''The Fiore in Context: Dante, France, Tuscany'' ( University of Notre Dame Press, 1997) .
* ''Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's'' Comedy (Cambridge University Press
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, 2000).
References
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Living people
1934 births
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Academics of the University of Cambridge
Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
Fellows of the British Academy
Academics of the University of Leeds