Papers of Gareth Alban Davies

This material is held atTaylor Institution Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 486 MSS. CELT/DAVIES. 1-2
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1986
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Two letters, enclosing three poems and a lecture, from Gareth Alban Davies to Bridget and Robert Pring-Mill, 1986.

Administrative / Biographical History

Gareth Alban Davies (b. 1926) held the Cowdray Chair of Spanish at Leeds University between 1952 and 1986. In addition to his Hispanic studies, Davies has also published original Welsh poetry and writings on Welsh literature. See C.A. Longhurst et al. (ed.) A face not turned to the wall: essays on Hispanic themes for Gareth Alban Davies (Leeds, 1987).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

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Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

D. Santini, The letters and papers of modern European writers and others in the library of the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1996) is mounted at: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylor/finding-resources/special-collections.