Career
He was primarily associated with Trinity College, being a fellow of it from 1911 on, interrupted only by a period as Assistant Master of Eton College, 1914–1925. He was the Brereton Reader in Classics from 1947 to 1951. Gow"s notable work includes editions of Theocritus, Machon, and the Greek Anthology.
While at Eton, Gow was George Orwell"s tutor.
Orwell consulted him in 1927 when he was planning to become a writer and maintained contact with him. On 20 October 2012 Brian Sewell suggested that Gow may have been the "fifth man" and spy master of the Cambridge Five.
