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Elizabeth Boa FBA (b. 1939) is a British scholar of German literature and is Professor Emerita of German at the University of Nottingham. She first joined the University of Nottingham in 1965 and, with the exception of two years at the University of Manchester (1994-1996) spent her career there. She was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003. [1]

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  1. "Professor Elizabeth Boa FBA". British Academy. Retrieved 2 July 2021.