A Short History Of English Literature (Paperback)

Ifor Evans was Provost of University College, Lon- don, from 1951 to 1966. Previously he was Principal of Queen Mary College and earlier still a Professor of English in the University of London. He was knighted in 1955 and made a life peer in 1967, taking the title of Baron Evans of Hungershall. He was well known as a literary critic and historian and for his television appearances. From 1940 to 1944 he was Educational Director of the British Council, Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council from 1946 to 1951, Chairman of the Royal Society of Literature from 1975 to 1977, and Chairman of the Thames Television Educational