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Internet, alt.obituaries consulté le 27-12-2005
Information trouvée : Harold Walter Lawton was born at Burslem, near Stoke-on-Trent, on July 27 1899 On
being discharged he studied French at the University of Wales, Bangor, and after obtaining
an MA (Honours) in 1921 went to the University of Paris, where he prepared a doctorate
on Latin and French Renaissance literature under Henri Chamard, From 1950 he held
the chair of French at Sheffield University, where he remained until his retirement,
becoming increasingly involved in university administration as dean of Arts and pro-vice-chancellor.
As well as his continuing interest in classical antiquity and its revival in the Renaissance,
Lawton also had a strong Anglican commitment, and his unpublished output included
sermons delivered in French in the French church at Southampton. Professor Harold
Lawton died on Christmas Eve 2005
The classical tradition and classicism in France/ H. W. Lawton, 1951
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