David Masson
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David Masson was a 19th-century Scottish literary critic, biographer, and professor best known for his scholarship on John Milton and his influential role in Victorian literary culture.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Masson canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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biographer ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1822-12-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Aberdeen
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Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Rosaline Masson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfRetirement | 1895 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1907-10-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Marischal College, Aberdeen
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University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Masson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English literature
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biography ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
literary biography
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Victorian literary studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to Victorian literary culture
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scholarship on John Milton ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | David Masson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Life of John Milton
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of His Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
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literary critic ⓘ professor of rhetoric and English literature ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| spouse | Emily Rosaline Orme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies on John Milton ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Edinburgh
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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