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Elinor Shaffer

b. 1935

British academic

Academic Scholar of English Humanities scholar
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About Elinor Shaffer

Born 1935. Elinor Shaffer is a British academic, scholar of English, humanities scholar and literary scholar.

Elinor Shaffer (born 1935) is a professor at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, honorary professor at University College, London, editor of the Comparative Literature series of Legenda (imprint), and editor of Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe, a book series published by Continuum Books.

She is also UK director of the British Academy Network on Reception Studies and a Distinguished Fellow of the European Humanities Research Centre, Oxford. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford, from which she holds the degree of B.A. (Hons) in English Language and Literature, and M.A., and Columbia University, where she was awarded a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature. Shaffer has held positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Clare Hall, Cambridge and the University of East Anglia. Visiting Professorships have taken her, among other places, to Brown University, Stanford University (USA), Freie Universität Berlin, and to Zurich and Stockholm.

She was elected to be a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bucharest in 2013.

Selected works

E. S. Shaffer; Thomas F. Glick (2014). The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe. Bloomsbury Academic.

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Education
St Hilda's College, Columbia University
Employers
University of California, Berkeley, University of East Anglia, School of Advanced Study
Awards
Fellow of the British Academy

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Elinor Shaffer?

British academic

When was Elinor Shaffer born?

Elinor Shaffer was born on 6 April 1935.

What is Elinor Shaffer's occupation?

Elinor Shaffer is an academic, scholar of English, humanities scholar and literary scholar.

What nationality is Elinor Shaffer?

Elinor Shaffer is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Elinor Shaffer

· Wikidata: Q5361164

· DBpedia: Elinor Shaffer

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