Lauchlann Glenn Black (died 2024) was a literature scholar. He was

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in English Literature and Senior Subject Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford.Oriel College Academic Staff
He taught the main period papers (1500-1832). Dr Black held a master's degree, (

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) and a doctorate (

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), taking his Bachelor's (

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) in

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. Dr Black was Junior Proctor 1985–1986, Chairman of the General Board 1996–1999, Pro-

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(Academic) 2000-2002 and a former Rhodes Scholar at

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. His research interests lay in Renaissance poetry and rhetoric and manuscript circulation.

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