Ronald George Popperwell

Background

Ronald Popperwell was born in 1914 in Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom.

Education

Ronald received Doctor of Philisophy at King’s College in Cambridge in 1951.

Career

Ronald worked in an insurance office after leaving school at the age of 16, until 1940. Then in 1940 he volunteered for the Intelligence Corps, spending four years in Shetland. Later he worked in Cambridge University as a lecturer in Norwegian beginning 1953, Fellow of Clare Hall beginning 1965, chair of the Faculty Board in 1968-1974, director of the Literary and Linguistic Computer Centre, beginning 1971, and a head of the Department of Scandinavian Studies beginning 1979.

Then he served in University College London as a W.P. Ker Lecturer,in 1951-1952, and Special Lecturer in Norwegian in 1977-1981. In 1965-1966 he was a visiting professor at University of Wisconsin. Also he was a chair of inter-university committee of enquiry into Scandinavian studies in 1976-1978.

Achievements

• Ronald G. Popperwell is mostly famous for his books "An Introduction to Scandinavian Literature from the Earliest Time to Our Day", "The Pronunciation of Norwegian", "The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies", and "Norway."

Works

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  • The Fourth Night Watch (Nordic Transport) [Den fjerde nattevakt] 1968
  • Anthology of Norwegian Literature: Pt. 2 (Norwegian Edition) 1979
  • Norway 1972
  • Anthology of Norwegian Literature: v. 1 (English, Norwegian and Norwegian Edition) 1976
  • Norway (Nations of the Modern World Series) 1972
  • Expression, Communication and Experience in Literature and Language: Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures held at Cambridge University, 20 to 26 Aug 1972 1973
  • Year's Work in Modern Language Studies: 1971 v. 33 1972

Membership

• founder member and British secretary

  International Association of Scandinavian Studies

  1962

• Modrn Humanities Research Association