Maurice Bowra

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:New_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-04-08
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Holywell_Cemetery,_Oxford
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:deathDate 1971-07-04
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Oxford_Book_of_Greek_Verse
gptkb:Oxford_Book_of_Greek_Verse_in_Translation
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Cheltenham_College
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:poetry
Classics
Literary criticism
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Cecil_Maurice_Bowra
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maurice Bowra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkb:Cyril_Connolly
gptkb:Stephen_Spender
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:A._E._Housman
gptkb:Gilbert_Murray
gptkbp:knownFor wit
scholarship in Greek literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:British_Academy
gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Greek_Lyric_Poetry
gptkb:Periclean_Athens
gptkb:The_Greek_Experience
Landmarks in Greek Literature
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:poet
classicist
literary criticism
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Jiujiang,_China
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
gptkbp:sexualOrientation homosexual
gptkbp:spouse never married
gptkbp:termEnd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1954
Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1970
gptkbp:termStart Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1951
Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1938
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alcaeus_(fragmentary_poems)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6