Leonard Ashley Willoughby

Leonard Ashley Willoughby (1885–1977) was a British scholar of German literature, and recipient of the Goethe Institute's Goethe Medal.

Career[]

Willoughby was Professor of German at University College London from 1931 to 1950.

In 1936 together with Basil Blackwell he founded the journal .

In 1947 he delivered the Taylorian Lecture at Oxford University, choosing as his topic “Unity and Continuity in Goethe”.

In 1952 a Festschrift was published in his honour under the title German Studies Presented to Leonard Ashley Willoughby by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends on his Retirement.

Publications[]

• The Classical Age of German Literature: 1748-1805 (1926)
• The Romantic Movement in Germany (1930)