Herbert Grierson

Background

He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, on 16 January 1866. He was the son of Andrew John Grierson and his wife, Alice Geraldine De (née Clifford) Grierson. In 1896 he married Mary Letitia (née Ogston) Grierson, daughter of Sir Alexander Ogston, Professor of Surgery at Aberdeen.

Education

He was educated at King"s College, University of Aberdeen and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

On graduating from the latter he was appointed Professor of English Literature at his Aberdeen alma mater, where he taught from 1894 to 1915, and subsequently became Knight Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh (1915–1935). He is credited with promoting interest in the metaphysical poets, especially John Donne, a revival more commonly attributed to T. South. Eliot. His special field of research was English poetry of the 17th century, but he was also interested in Walter Scott.

He lived at 12 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh from 1913 to 1953.

He died on 19 February 1960 in Cambridge but is buried in the modern north extension to Dean Cemetery, off Queensferry Road in western Edinburgh.

Works

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  • Lyrical Poetry From Blake to Hardy

    (General wear to boards, soiling marks to rear board and s...)

  • Sir Walter Scott; broadcast lectures to the young

    (Light wear to boards, rubbed edges, content clean with to...)

  • Cross currents in English literature of the Seventeenth Century,: Or, The world, the flesh & the spirit, their actions & reactions, (Peregrine books, Y58)

    (Cross Currents in English Literature of The Seventeenth C...)

  • Carlyle and Hitler: The Adamson Lecture in the University of Manchester, December 1930

    (Originally published in 1933, this volume contains the em...)

  • Milton & Wordsworth
  • Lyrical Poetry From Blake To Hardy (BCL1-PR English Literature)
  • Lyrical poetry from Blake to Hardy (Hogarth lectures on literature 5)
  • CROSS-CURRENTS IN 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE WORLD, THE FLESH, THE SPI
  • Cross Currents In English Literature Of The Seventeenth Century Or The World, The Flesh 7 The Spirt, Their Actions And Reactions
  • Cross-Currents in Seventeenth Century English Literature (The World, The Flesh, and The Spirit, Their Actions and Reactions)
  • Cross Currents in English Literature of the Seventeenth Century