David Trotter
British academic and medievalist
About David Trotter
Lived 1951 – 2015 (aged 64). David Trotter was a British philologist, scholar of English, media scholar and university teacher.
Wilfred David Trotter, (born 25 July 1951) is a British academic specialising in the literature and cinema of 20th century Britain.
Trotter was Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London from 1991 to 2002, and then the King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College from 2002 to 2018.
Honours In 2004, Trotter was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).
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Who was David Trotter?
British academic and medievalist
When was David Trotter born?
David Trotter was born on 25 July 1951 in Bristol.
When did David Trotter die?
David Trotter died on 24 August 2015.
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David Trotter was a philologist, scholar of English, media scholar and university teacher.
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David Trotter was British.
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