Charles Telford Carr

Charles Telford Carr (5 February 1905, Manchester – 10 March 1976, St Andrews) was a British academic, specialising in German, noted for his foundational work on nominal compounds in Germanic languages.

Life

Carr's parents were James, a solicitor's clerk, and Selena (née Mclean). in German Language and Literature and Teutonic Philology in the University of St Andrews's United College in 1929.

Alongside his university teaching, Carr taught Literature and German in Dundee via the Workers' Educational Association in the 1930s (though with an apparently acrimonious dispute over the fees, class-sizes, and entry requirements in 1939).

In 1939, Carr took a D.Litt. degree at the University of St Andrews for his thesis 'Nominal Compounds in Germanic', his best known work, characterised by John L. Flood as 'a major book'. From 1939 to 1945 he worked for the Royal Navy in the wartime codebreaking operation at Bletchley Park. He was a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.

Publications An extensive list of publications is provided by Peter Branscombe.