Background
Joan Turville-Petre (née Blomfield) was the daughter of Sam Blomfield of Colchester, Essex.
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Education
Somerville College.
Career
In 1930 she began her studies at Somerville College, Oxford University and she maintained a lifelong connection with the college. She was a Tutor and Fellow from 1941 to 1946, a Lecturer in English from 1946 to 1965 and an Honorary College Research Fellow from 1965 until her death in 2006. On 7 January 1943, Joan Turville-Petre married Gabriel Turville-Petre, a fellow Oxford academic working in the same field
They had three sons: Thorlac Francis Samuel (born 6 January 1944), Merlin Oswald (born 2 July 1946) and Brendan Arthur Auberon (16 September 1948 – 6 December 1981).
Joan Turville-Petre died at the age of 94. Her funeral was held at Street Michael"s, Aylsham on 23 March 2006. from the Icelandic by J.E.
