John Holloway

Background

Holloway, John was born on August 1, 1920 in London. Son of Christopher George and Evelyn (Astbury) Holloway.

Education

Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1947. Doctor of Letters, Aberdeen University, 1955.

Doctor of Letters, Cambridge University, 1970.

Career

Lecturer in Philosophy, New College 1945. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford 1946-1960. Lecturer in English, University of Aberdeen 1949-1954.

Lecturer in English, Cambridge University 1954-1966, Reader in Modem English 1966, Fellow of Queens’ College, 1955-1986, Life Fellow since 1982, Professor, of Modem English 1972-1982.

Visiting Professor, Chicago 1965, Johns Hopkins University 1972, Charlottesville, Virginia 1979, New York University (Berg Professor) 1987. Visiting Fellow, University of Wellington 1984, University of Kyoto 1986.

Various university admin, positions.

Achievements

• John Holloway has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Victorian Sage;: Studies in Argument

    (Philosophy, British and English Literature)

  • Wood and Windfall

    (Poetry Book Society Choice.)

  • Victorian Sage Philosophy and Rhetoric In

    (Book by Holloway, John)

  • Victorian Sage Studies in Argument

Membership

Fellow Queens' College, Cambridge, 1955-1982, life fellow, since 1982. Lieutenant Royal Artillery, to intelligence officer, 1943-1945, Western Europe. Trustee Henry Morris Memorial Trust, since 1980.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, playing the violin, book collecting, gardening, birdwatching.

Connections

Married Audrey June Gooding, March 21, 1946 (divorced 1978). Children: Emily Mary, Benjamin John. Married Joan Therese Black, June 22, 1978.

Father:

Christopher George Holloway

Mother:

Evelyn (Astbury) Holloway

Spouse:

Audrey June Gooding

Spouse:

Joan Therese Black

child:

Emily Mary Holloway

child:

Benjamin John Holloway