David Nokes Explained

David Nokes FRSL (11 March 1948 – 19 November 2009) was a scholar of 18th-century English literature known for his biographies of Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Jane Austen, and Samuel Johnson. He also penned screenplays, including a BBC adaptation of Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa (1991) and an adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996).[1] He was also a leading reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books.[2]

Nokes attended King's College School, Wimbledon, London. He received an MA from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1974. He started teaching at King's College London in 1973, was elevated to reader in 1986, and was promoted to Professor of English Literature in 1998.

In 1994, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brant . Clare . 2009-12-07 . David Nokes obituary . The Guardian . 2016-12-11 . 2017-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090755/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/07/david-nokes-obituary . live .
  2. Web site: 2009-12-03 . Professor David Nokes: writer and scholar of the 18th century . The Sunday Times . 2010-07-07 . 2010-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100523231744/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6941435.ece . live .
  3. Web site: Royal Society of Literature All Fellows . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305070326/http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows . 5 March 2010 . 10 August 2010 . Royal Society of Literature.

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