E. M. W. Tillyard

Eustace Maudeville Wetenhall Tillyard (* 1889 in Cambridge, † 1962) was a British literary scholar and university teacher.

Life

Tillyard attended school in Lausanne and then went to the Perse School in Cambridge, where he subsequently studied at Jesus College Classical Studies. His studies, particularly in archeology, he deepened at the British School at Athens, Athens. In 1913 he returned as a Fellow of Jesus College.

In World War I he served in France and at the front in Greece. There he was last liaison officer between the British units of the Greek Army.

In the following years he taught English Literature at Jesus College, whose Master from 1945 he was also up to his death in 1959. However, his research interests turned to the literature of England during the Renaissance.

Work and influence

Tillyards most famous work is The Elizabethan World Picture, in which he gives background information on Elizabethan literature, for example, to William Shakespeare's work, and with which he has coined the influential concept of the Elizabethan world picture. Other major works are the John Milton.

Publications

• Literary scholar
• Anglist
• University teachers (Cambridge)
• Briton
• Born in 1889
• Died in 1962
• Man