Background
RICKS, Christopher was born on September 18, 1933. Son of James Bruce Ricks and Gabrielle Roszak.
Professor of English Literature
RICKS, Christopher was born on September 18, 1933. Son of James Bruce Ricks and Gabrielle Roszak.
King Alfred’s School, Wantage, Oxfordshire., Balliol College, University of Oxford.
Professor, of English Bristol University 1968-1975. Fellow Christ’s College, Professor, of English University of Cambridge 1975-1986, King Edward VII Professor, of English Literature 1982-1986, Professor, of English, Boston University since 1986. Visiting Professor, at University of Berkeley and Stanford 1965, Smith College 1967, Harvard University 1971, Wesleyan 1974, Brandeis 1977, 1981, 1984, United States of America.
Vice-President Tennyson Society.
Honorary Fellow Balliol College 1989. Honorary Fellow Worcester College 1990.
George Orwell Memorial.
Married 1st Kirsten Jensen in 1956 (dissolved), two son two daughter. Married 2nd Judith Aronson in 1977, one son two daughter.