Chancellor's Gold Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (1931) Winner
Robert William Victor Gittings
ロバート・ウィリアム・ビクター・ギッティングス
Rōbāto Wiriamu Bikutā Gittingusu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1911-02-01 （Southsea）
- Died
- 1992-02-18 （Chichester） age 81
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Oxford → Cambridge → Chichester
Career
- Occupations
- writer, biographer, BBC Radio producer, playwright, poet
- Active Years
- 1930-1992
- Affiliations
- BBC, Jesus College, Cambridge
- Memberships
- Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Influenced By
- Christopher Fry, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Edward's School, Oxford | — | General Education | — | 学校時代 | United Kingdom |
| Jesus College, Cambridge | — | History | First Class Honours | 1930-1933 | United Kingdom |
St Edward's School, Oxford
General Education
Period:
学校時代
Country:
United Kingdom
Taught by George Mallaby
Jesus College, Cambridge
History
Degree:
First Class Honours
Period:
1930-1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
United Kingdom
Entered with scholarship, research fellow in 1933, history supervisor in 1938
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Older Hardy | — | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 1969 | WH Smith Literary Award | John Keats | — | WH Smith | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Monarch | 受賞 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1978
Work:
The Older Hardy
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
WH Smith Literary Award
1969
Work:
John Keats
Organization:
WH Smith
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1970
Organization:
British Monarch
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (1978) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Older Hardy
1978 BiographyBiography of Thomas Hardy's later years, winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
BiographyLiterary History
The Young Thomas Hardy
1975 BiographyBiography of young Thomas Hardy.
Biography
John Keats: The Living Year
1954 BiographyDetailed biography of John Keats's living year 1818-1819.
Romantic Poetry
Wentworth Place
1950 PoetryFirst major book of poetry.
Poetry
Bibliography
- Wentworth Place (1950)
- John Keats: The Living Year (1954)
- The Mask of Keats (1956)
- Shakespeare's Rival (1960)
- This Tower my Prison (1961)
- The Keats Inheritance (1964)
- John Keats (1969)
- Conflict at Canterbury (1970)
- American Journey: Twenty-five sonnets (1972)
- The Young Thomas Hardy (1975)
- The Older Hardy (1978)
- The Second Mrs Hardy (1979, with Jo Manton)
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1985, with Jo Manton)
- People, Places, Personal (1985)
- Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys (1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Blends history and poetryPoetic prose in biographies
- Recurring Motifs
- Reviving the pastLiterary lives
Legacy
Renowned biographer of John Keats and Thomas Hardy, also poet. Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Trivia
- Played cricket into his seventies
- Tall man with high forehead, bald, warm personality and fine sense of humour.