Background
EDWARDS, Philip was born on February 7, 1923 in Barrow-in-Furness. Son of the late R. H. Edwards and B. Edwards.
Professor of English Literature
EDWARDS, Philip was born on February 7, 1923 in Barrow-in-Furness. Son of the late R. H. Edwards and B. Edwards.
King Edward"s High School, Birmingham, University of Birmingham.
Lecturer in English, University of Birmingham 1946-1960, Professor, of English Literature, Trinity College Dublin 1960-1966, Visiting Professor, University of Michigan 1964-1965, Professor, of Literature, University of Essex 1966-1974, Visiting Professor, Williams College, Massachusetts 1969, Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 1970-1971, King Alfred Professor, of English Literature, University of Liverpool 1974-1990, Visiting Professor, University of Otago, New Zealand 1980.
Married 1st Hazel Valentine in 1947 (died in 1950), 2nd Sheila Wilkes in 1952.