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Helen Wenda Small FBA (born 23 October 1964) is the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Merton College, Oxford. [1] She was previously a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

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Early life

Small was born on 23 October 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand. Her parents are Colin McEwen Small and Wenda Mary Lavinia Heald. She attended Queen Margaret College, Wellington. [2] She received a bachelors of arts degree in English from the Victoria University of Wellington in 1985 and a bachelor of arts with honours degree the following year. [3] She received a Ph.D. from St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge in 1991 and was made an honorary fellow in 2018. Her partner is Tim Gardam and she has one daughter. [2]

Career

Small worked as a residential fellow at St Catharine's College between 1990 and 1993, before working as a lecutrer in English at the University of Bristol between 1993 and 1996. She was a lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford, before becoming a professor and then a Jonathan and Julia Aisbitt Fellow in English Literature between 1996 and 2018. [2] She was the recipient of a Leverhulme Research Fellowship from 2001 to 2004.[ citation needed ] She began working as a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, in 2018 and as the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Professor Helen Small appointed to Merton Professorship of English Language and Literature". Pembroke College, Oxford. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Small, Prof. Helen Wenda, (born 23 Oct. 1964), Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, since 2018; Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, since 2018". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U290421. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ↑ "News & Events". Victoria University of Wellington. Archived from the original on 2007-11-30. Former VUW English graduate Helen Small, now Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, has had great success with the publication of her award-winning book on old age, The Long Life...
  4. ↑ "Rose Mary Crawshay Prizes". British Academy. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Helen Small wins 2008 Truman Capote Award for literary criticism". University of Iowa. 2008-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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