Morpurgo, J(ack) E(ric)
MORPURGO, J(ack) E(ric)
MORPURGO, J(ack) E(ric). British, b. 1918. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Travel/Exploration. Career: University of Leeds, professor, 1969-83, Professor Emeritus of American Literature, 1983-. Ed., Penguin Parade, 1947-59; General Ed., Penguin Histories, 1949-72; Director- General, National Book League, London, 1954-69; Professor of American Studies, University of Geneva, 1967-69; Director, William and Mary History Project, 1976. Publications: Charles Lamb and Elia, 1949, rev. ed., 1993; American Excursion, 1949; (with R.B. Nye) History of the United States, 1955, 1976; The Road to Athens, 1963; (with M. Hurlimann) Venice, 1964; Barnes Wallis: A Biography, 1970; Treason at West Point, 1976; Their Majesties' Royall Colledge: William and Mary in the XVII and XVIII Centuries, 1976; Allen Lane: King Penguin, 1979; Verses Humorous and Post- Humorous, 1981; Master of None (autobiography), 1990. EDITOR: Leigh Hunt: Autobiography, 1949; Lewis Carroll: Humorous Verse, 1950; Marlowe: Edward II, 1952; E.J. Trelawny: The Last Days of Shelley and Byron, 1952; Keats: Poems, 1953, 1985; (with E. Blunden) Christ's Hospital Book, 1953; (with K. Pelmear) Rugby Football: An Anthology, 1958; Cobbett: A Year's Residence in the U.S.A., 1968; Cooper: The Spy, 1968; Cobbett's America, 1985; The Return of Mr. Campion, 1990;In Honour of Edmund Blunden, 1997. Died 2000.