Peter Alexander (Shakespearean scholar)
Peter Alexander, CBE, FBA (19 September 1893 – 18 June 1969) was a Scottish literary scholar. He was Regius Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow and a noted Shakespearean scholar. His collected works of Shakespeare are known as "the Alexander text".[1] In 1914, he joined the army as a private in the Cameron Highlanders but left in 1918 after he became an artillery officer. Alexander returned to Glasgow to finish his undergraduate studies and graduated in 1920 with an M.A degree.[2]
Selected publications[]
- Shakespeare (Home University Library of Modern Knowledge)
- Shakespeare's Life and Art, 1939.
- Hamlet: Father and Son, 1955.
- The Complete Works of Shakespeare: The Alexander Text
References[]
- ^ Captain Peter Alexander. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Peter Alexander | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
Categories:
- Shakespearean scholars
- 1893 births
- 1969 deaths
- Academics of the University of Glasgow
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- Academic biography stubs