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Basil Willey

Basil Willey, (25 July 1897 – 3 September 1978) was a British scholar of English literature and intellectual history. Having served in the British Army during the First World War, he rose to become King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge from 1946 and President of Pembroke College from 1958 to until his retirement in 1964. Provided by Wikipedia