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Angela Leighton

Angela Leighton, FBA (born 23 February 1954) is a British literary scholar and poet, who specialises in Victorian and twentieth-century English literature. Since 2006, she has been a Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. Previously, from 1979 to 2006, she taught at the University of Hull, rising to be Professor of English.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Leighton was born on 23 February 1954 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, to the composer Kenneth Leighton and Lydia Leighton (née Vignapiano).[1][3] She studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976 and a Master of Letters (MLitt) degree in 1981.[1]

Academic career

In 1979, Leighton joined the English Department of the University of Hull.[1] She was a lecturer from 1979 to 1993, a senior lecturer from 1993 to 1995, Reader in English from 1995 to 1997, and Professor of English from 1997 to 2006.[1] In 2006, she moved to the University of Cambridge where she is a Senior Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][2][4]

Honours

In 2000, Leighton was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[5] She delivered the 2002 Warton Lecture on English Poetry.[6]

Selected works

Scholarly works

Poems

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "LEIGHTON, Prof. Angela". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Prof Angela Leighton, Trinity". Faculty of English. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Angela Leighton". Tower Poetry. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ "The Fellowship, etc". Trinity College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Professor Angela Leighton". British Academy. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  6. ^ Leighton, Angela (2003). "Elegies of Form in Bishop, Plath, Stevenson" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 121: 257–275. (See Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Stevenson.)