Maurice Roy Ridley (25 January 1890, in Orcheston St Mary – 12 June 1969) was a writer and poet, Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford. He was also a visiting professor at Bowdoin under the auspices of the Tallman Foundation, and shortly thereafter.
Dorothy L. Sayers based the physical description of her fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey (the archetypal British gentleman detective and aristocratic super sleuth extraordinaire) on that of Ridley after seeing him read his Newdigate Prize-winning poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July 1913.
ridley, maurice, january, 1890, orcheston, mary, june, 1969, writer, poet, fellow, chaplain, balliol, college, oxford, also, visiting, professor, bowdoin, under, auspices, tallman, foundation, shortly, thereafter, contents, career, popular, culture, awards, wo. Maurice Roy Ridley 25 January 1890 in Orcheston St Mary 12 June 1969 was a writer and poet Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol College Oxford He was also a visiting professor at Bowdoin under the auspices of the Tallman Foundation and shortly thereafter Contents 1 Career 2 In popular culture 3 Awards 4 Works 5 ReferencesCareer EditRidley was educated at Clifton College and Balliol College Oxford 1 From 1920 to 1945 he was a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol Ridley spent 1930 1 as a visiting professor at Bowdoin College under the auspices of the Tallman Foundation He was a lecturer at Bedford College University of London from 1948 1 He earned a Doctorate of Humane Letters therein In popular culture EditDorothy L Sayers based the physical description of her fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey the archetypal British gentleman detective and aristocratic super sleuth extraordinaire on that of Ridley after seeing him read his Newdigate Prize winning poem Oxford at the Encaenia ceremony in July 1913 Awards EditNewdigate Prize 1913Works EditKeats Craftsmanship A Study in Poetic Development Oxford Clarendon 1933 Studies in Three Literatures English Latin Greek Contrasts and Comparisons London Dent 1962 ISBN 0313201897 Shakespeare s Plays A Commentary Abraham Lincoln On Reading Shakespeare References Edit a b Pine L G ed The Author s and Writer s Who s Who 4th edn 1960 p 330 This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roy Ridley amp oldid 975970395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
