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The Spanish language, together with portugues, Catalan and Basque, by William J. Entwistle, M.A
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William James Entwistle
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William James Entwistle
,
FBA
(7 December 1895 – 13 June 1952) was a British scholar of
Romance
languages and literatures, with a focus on Spanish.
Born in
China
to British
missionary
parents, he was educated at a
mission school
and then
Robert Gordon's College
in
Aberdeen
before he studied
classics
at the
University of Aberdeen
. Graduating in 1916 (with several prizes), he then served in the
First World War
. In 1918, he received the Fullerton Classical
Scholarship
at his ''
alma mater
''; during this time, he turned his scholarly attention to
Spanish
and in 1920 received a
Carnegie Trust
grant to spend time in
Spain
. The following year, he was appointed to a
lectureship
in Spanish at the
University of Manchester
. From 1925 to 1932, he was
Stevenson Professor of Spanish
at the
University of Glasgow
. In 1932, he moved to the
University of Oxford
to be
King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies
and a
fellow
of
Exeter College
; he retired in 1951. While there, he established the
honours
course in
Portuguese
and became Director of Portuguese Studies in 1933. He was also co-editor of the ''
Modern Language Review
'' from 1934 to 1948. He received four
honorary doctorates
, was elected a
fellow of the British Academy
in 1950, and was the president of the
Modern Humanities Research Association
in 1952.
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