| Administrative History | John Hastie Speirs graduated MA Honours in English Literature from Aberdeen University in 1928 and BA from Cambridge in 1931. He became Lecturer in English at the University of Riga in 1935, then lectured at the University of Egypt (later named Fouad University), Cairo, before settling at the University of Exeter from 1946 to 1971. A writer, poet and critic, he published several distinguished books on medieval poetry, Chaucer and Scots literary traditions. He corresponded with many literary figures, including the poets T. S. Eliot and Walter de la Mare, and with writers and critics such as F. R. Leavis and George Bruce. |