John Crow (British scholar)
John Crow | |
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| Nationality | British |
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| Alma mater | Charterhouse School |
| Occupation | Scholar |
John Crow (death 29 October 1969) was a British scholar of Elizabethan, Jacobean and Shakespearean drama[1]. He is credited with formulating Crow's Law, a dictum of military intelligence[2][3][4][5]
Early life
John Crow's education started as a pupil at Charterhouse School, an English public school in Godalming, Surrey, England.
He went on to Worcester College, Oxford, to study English. During his time at Oxford he jointly edited, along side Peter Fleming (writer), The Isis Magazine.
Academic career
John Crow was declared medically unfit for active military service so at the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the teaching faculty of Wellington College, Berkshire, England.[6]
Subsequently, in 1945 he became a temporary lecturer at King's College, London, England. In 1962 he was promoted to the senior position of Reader (academic rank).[7]
From 1968 John Crow was Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, until his death in October 1969.[8]
Legacy
John Crow bequeathed an extensive collection of approximately 12,000 books, printed items, catalogues, correspondence and working papers. It was acquired via Molly Mahood, Professor of English at the University of Kent in the 1970s and formed the basis of the Templeman Library Special Collections.[9]
References
- ↑ "John Crow". John Crow Collections. University of Kent. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ↑ Jones, R. (1979). Most secret war : British scientific intelligence, 1939-1945 / by R. V. Jones. London: Coronet Books.
- ↑ Jones, R. (1990). Reflections on intelligence / R. V. Jones. London: Mandarin.
- ↑ Jones, R. V. (1974-04-20). Dr Jones's war - The man who could have lost us the war. (First of three audio programmes in which Professor R.V.Jones, lately of Aberdeen University, Scotland recalls the years when he was Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence at the Air Ministry. Part of the Coles Tapes archive, British National Library).
- ↑ Hoverstadt, P. (2008). The fractal organisation : Creating sustainable organisations with the Viable System Model / Patrick Hoverstadt. Hoboken, N.J. : Chichester: Wiley ; John Wiley [distributor].
- ↑ "John Crow biography". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ↑ "John Crow biography". University of Kent. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ↑ "History of the English Department 1960s". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ↑ "John Crow collection". University of Kent. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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