Kenneth Fielding Distinguished Professor of English Literature
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THE death of Kenneth Fielding has robbed Edinburgh University's English Literature department of one of its distinguished emeritus professors, and the wider world of Victorian studies one of its most important senior figures.
For 40 years, Ken (or KJF as he was almost universally known) dominated the field in several areas, in Dickens studies (where he was a figure of international authority) and in the ever-growing field of Carlyle studies, where he only recently retired as senior editor of the Carlyle Letters project, now about to publish its 33rd volume. But more than that, his presence was very much obvious in the university, from the senior committees down to the everyday business of running a large and busy department, an onerous job he accepted for many years of his career and which he tackled with characteristic grit and energy.See the full content of this document
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Kenneth Fielding Distinguished Professor of English Literature
Kenneth Joshua Fielding was born in Yarmouth in 1924, and after school and university, (and national service) he began his engagement with higher education in Liverpo...
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