Angela Leighton | |
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Born | Wakefield, Yorkshire, England | 23 February 1954
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Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford |
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Discipline | Literary scholar |
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Angela Leighton,FBA (born 23 February 1954) is a British literary scholar and poet,who specialises in Victorian and twentieth-century English literature. Since 2006,she has been a Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College,Cambridge. Previously,from 1979 to 2006,she taught at the University of Hull,rising to be Professor of English. [1] [2] [3]
Leighton was born on 23 February 1954 in Wakefield,Yorkshire,England,to the composer Kenneth Leighton and Lydia Leighton ( née Vignapiano). [1] [3] She studied at St Hugh's College,Oxford,and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976 and a Master of Letters (MLitt) degree in 1981. [1]
In 1979,Leighton joined the English Department of the University of Hull. [1] She was a lecturer from 1979 to 1993,a senior lecturer from 1993 to 1995,Reader in English from 1995 to 1997,and Professor of English from 1997 to 2006. [1] In 2006,she moved to the University of Cambridge where she is a Senior Research Fellow of Trinity College,Cambridge. [1] [2] [4]
In 2000,Leighton was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA),the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [5] She delivered the 2002 Warton Lecture on English Poetry. [6]
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