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Edward Lowbury

エドワード・ロウベリー

Edowādo Rōberī

Aliases: Edward Joseph Lister Lowbury

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-12-12 (Hampstead)
Died
2007-07-10 (London) age 93
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Hampstead → Birmingham → London

Career

Occupations
bacteriologist, pathologist, poet
Active Years
1934-2007
Affiliations
Birmingham Accident Hospital, University of Birmingham Medical School, City Hospital, Birmingham
Memberships
Hospital Infection Society (first president), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, New York Academy of Sciences
Influenced By
Andrew Young

Education

St Paul’s School
Science
Country: United Kingdom
Foundation scholar specialising in science
University College, Oxford
Science
Country: United Kingdom
Science scholarship
Royal London Hospital
Medicine
Country: United Kingdom
Initial medical training

Awards

Newdigate Prize
1934
Organization: University of Oxford
Result: 受賞
Matthew Arnold Memorial essay prize
1937
Result: 受賞
OBE
1979
Organization: British Government
Result: 受賞
FRSL
1974
Organization: Royal Society of Literature
Result: 選出

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Selected and New Poems 1935-1989

1990 Poetry

Selected and new poems from 1935-1989

lyricalparadox

Collected Poems

1993 Poetry

Collected poems

formal verse

Thomas Campion poet, composer, physician

1970 Biography

Biography of Thomas Campion

Bibliography

  • Crossing the Line
  • Time for Sale
  • Daylight Astronomy
  • Green Magic
  • The Night Watchman
  • Mystic Bridge

Style & Themes

Literary Style
formalconciselyricalwordplaysubtle allusion
Recurring Motifs
paradoxhumourmacabrenarrative

Health

  • Deteriorating eyesight
    2001年以降
    Led to move to nursing home after wife's death

Legacy

Pioneering researcher in hospital infection and poet, FRSL, annual Lowbury Lecture

Trivia

  • Family name anglicised from Loewenberg to Lowbury at start of WWI (Latvian-Jewish father)
  • Middle names honour surgeon Joseph Lister