Peter Davison

Peter Hobley Davison (born 1926), OBE, Ph.D., D.Litt, Hon. D. Arts, is Research Professor of English at De Montfort University, Leicester, and Emeritus Professor of English at Glynd?r University. Davison is considered an authority on the life and works of George Orwell. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he taught, and gained his Ph.D. at Sydney University. In 1992, he was president of the Bibliographical Society and edited its journal, The Library, for 12 years. In 1998, assisted by his wife, Sheila Davison, and Ian Angus he edited the 20-volume The Complete Works of George Orwell (Secker & Warburg, 1998). In 2013, he edited Orwell's Diaries. Continue Reading »

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