Background
ATKINS, J. W. H. was born on October 22, 1874. Son of Lewis and Mary Atkins, Swansea.
ATKINS, J. W. H. was born on October 22, 1874. Son of Lewis and Mary Atkins, Swansea.
Studied at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Saint Johns College, Cambridge. Foundation Scholar and Wright’s Prizeman.
Bachelor of Arts University of London.
English Exhibitioner. First Class with special distinction in the English sections of Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos, Cambridge.
Hughes Prizeman. Master of Arts (London).
Lecturer in English at University of Manchester, 1903-1906. Fellow of Saint John's College, Cambridge, 1905. Late Examiner to Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos, Cambridge.
And to the Honour School of English, Oxford.
Central Welsh Board, et cetera Professor of English Language and Literature, University College, Aberystwyth, since 1906.