Sir Maurice Bowra

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:order_of_merit
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_Modern_Verse
gptkbp:education gptkb:New_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:fieldOfWork classics
literary criticism
gptkbp:friendOf gptkb:Nancy_Mitford
gptkb:Harold_Acton
gptkb:Evelyn_Waugh
gptkb:Cyril_Connolly
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Cecil_Maurice_Bowra
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Maurice Bowra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkb:Cyril_Connolly
gptkb:Stephen_Spender
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gptkb:Gilbert_Murray
gptkbp:knownFor wit
scholarship in Greek literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Greek
English
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gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
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gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Greek_Lyric_Poetry
gptkb:The_Romantic_Imagination
Inspiration and Poetry
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gptkb:poet
classicist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:China
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_British_Academy
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
gptkbp:sexualOrientation homosexual
gptkbp:spouse none
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Gilbert_Murray
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