Professors of Poetry 1708-2013 Flashcards

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1708–1718

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Joseph Trapp

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1718–1726

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Thomas Warton the Elder

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3
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1728–1738

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Joseph Spence

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1738–1741

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John Whitfield

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5
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1741–1751

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Robert Lowth

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1751–1756

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William Hawkins

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7
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1757–1766

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Thomas Warton the Younger

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8
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1766–1776

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Benjamin Wheeler

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9
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1776–1783

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John Randolph

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10
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1783–1793

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Robert Holmes

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11
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1793–1801

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James Hurdis

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12
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1802–1812

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Edward Copleston

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13
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1812–1821

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John Josias Conybeare

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14
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1821–1831

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Henry Hart Milman

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15
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1831–1841

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John Keble

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16
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1842–1852

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James Garbett

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17
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1852–1857

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Thomas Legh Claughton

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18
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1857–1867

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Matthew Arnold

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19
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1867–1877

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Francis Hastings Doyle

20
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1877–1885

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John Campbell Shairp

21
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1885–1895

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Francis Turner Palgrave

22
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1895–1901

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William Courthope

23
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1901–1906

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A. C. Bradley

24
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1906–1911

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John William Mackail

25
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1911–1916

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Thomas Herbert Warren

26
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1916–1920

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Vacant

27
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1920–1923

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William Paton Ker

28
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1923–1928

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Heathcote William Garrod

29
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1928–1933

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Ernest de Sélincourt

30
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1933–1938

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George Gordon

31
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1938–1943

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Adam Fox

32
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1944–1946

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Vacant

33
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1946–1951

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Maurice Bowra

34
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1951–1956

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C. Day-Lewis

35
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1956–1961

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W. H. Auden

36
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1961–1966

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Robert Graves

37
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1966–1968

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Edmund Blunden

38
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1968–1973

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Roy Fuller

39
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1973–1978

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John Wain

40
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1978–1983

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John Jones

41
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1984–1989

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Peter Levi

42
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1989–1994

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Seamus Heaney

43
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1994–1999

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James Fenton

44
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1999–2004

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Paul Muldoon

45
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2004–2009

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Christopher Ricks

46
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-2010

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Geoffrey Hill