Harold Andrew Mason

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Harold Andrew Mason
Born30 July 1911
Died25 November 1993
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Academic, literary critic
Academic background
EducationHull Grammar School
Christ's Hospital
Alma materUniversity College, Hull
Oriel College, Oxford
Academic work
InstitutionsDowning College, Cambridge
University of Exeter
Clare Hall, Cambridge
Notable worksContributions to Scrutiny
The Cambridge Quarterly

Harold Andrew Mason (30 July 1911 – 25 November 1993) was a lecturer of English at Exeter University.

Life[edit]

He was born in Hull, England in 1911. He was educated at Hull Grammar School, Christ's Hospital, Hull University College and Oriel College, Oxford. He graduated from Oxford in 1934. He became a teacher of Classics at Stamford School.[1]

In 1937, Mason began teaching Classics at a school in Switzerland and also started contributing to Scrutiny. He got married in 1945. In 1949, he was Assistant Director of Studies in English at Downing College, Cambridge. He was an editor of Scrutiny from 1949 until it ceased publication in 1953. From 1955-65 he was a lecturer at Exeter University.[1]

Mason was elected to F. R. Leavis Lectureship and a Fellow of Clare Hall in 1965. In 1966 he founded The Cambridge Quarterly, of which he was the editor.[1]

Mason died in Cambridge in 1993.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "front matter" (PDF). The Cambridge Quarterly. 24 (1). 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2006.