Background
Kenneth Muir was born on May 5, 1907 in London, in the family of Robert D. Muir and Edith (nee Barnes).
Kenneth Muir was born on May 5, 1907 in London, in the family of Robert D. Muir and Edith (nee Barnes).
Kenneth attended Epsom College and St. Edmund Hall Oxford.
Kenneth served as King Alfred Professor of English Literature at Liverpool University from 1951 to 1974. Muir was a Shakespearean scholar and was recognized as a leading authority on the subject. He gained fame in academic circles in the early 1950s when he edited new editions of Macbeth and King Lear, both of which were published in the United States. Muir was also a critic and author, with his favorite subject being Shakespeare’s imagery. In 1937, he co-authored The Voyage to Illyria with Sean O’Loughlin, and the book became an early bench mark for the study of Shakespeare’s imagery. Muir was educated at Epsom College and Oxford University’s St. Edmund Hall and went on to teach at St. John’s College in York and Leeds University. His later works include translations with A. L. Mackenzie of Calderon’s La Cisma de Inglaterra (1990) and Jealousy the Worst Monster (1993).
Kenneth married Mary Ewen, in 1936.