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biographers, Jean Robertson and P. J. Connell, "The chief merits of Wilson's dramatic criticism were his constant alertness to the exigencies of the stage (he was a promising amateur actor in his early days); and, most remarkably, his unrivalled knowledge of contemporary word usage and
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in 1943 and awarded an honorary LLD of the University of Birmingham in 1947; he was made an honorary fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1948. F. P. Wilson died at his home in Berkshire, on 29 May 1963.
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in 1916. Recovery in hospital took over a year, and, besides, left Wilson with a permanent limp and vulnerability to recurrent infections. He returned to Oxford as
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Wilson, Frank Percy (1970), "The English history play" and "Shakespeare's Comedies", in Gardner, Helen; Louise, Dame (eds.),
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in 1948 and during his dozen years at the helm edited reprints of many works were produced including those of
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at Oxford (1947–57), remaining at Oxford for three years more as Senior Research Fellow at
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The Plague-pamphlets of Thomas Dekker: With an Account of the Plague in London from 1603 to 1630
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James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Elizabethan and Jacobean Studies: Presented to F. P. Wilson in Honour of his 70th Birthday
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in 1927. He became the Tutor of C. S. Lewis in 1922. At Oxford, Wilson published
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Oxford History of English Literature, Vol 4 Pt 1: The English Drama, 1485 - 1585
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Wilson joined the army, serving in France, and sustaining serious injuries at
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He visited many American academic institutions during this time, including
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs 3 Ed. Rev. by F. P. Wilson
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During the next three decades, Wilson was to serve as
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People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham
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FBA
Elizabethan drama
Merton Professor of English Literature
University of Oxford
Birmingham
King Edward's School, Birmingham
BA
MA
University of Birmingham
B. Litt.
Lincoln College, Oxford
Thomas Dekker
World War I
Battle of the Somme
University Lecturer
Reader
Professor
English Literature
University of Leeds
Hildred Carlile
Bedford College
Merton Professor of English Literature
Merton College
Huntington Library
San Marino, California
Columbia University
Folger Shakespeare Library
Stanford University
University of Toronto

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