Gorley Putt

Samuel Gorley Putt (9 June 1913 – 24 April 1995), was a British academic, author and stood as a Liberal Party candidate, but failed to win a seat, at the 1945 General Election. He actively discouraged people from using his first name, Samuel, and was known as simply Gorley Putt.

Early life and education He was the son of Poole Putt During this period, he held visiting professorships at the University of Massachusetts (1968), University of the South, Sewanee (1976), University of Pisa (1979) and Texas Christian University (1985). Electorate 72,973

He did not stand for parliament again. In 1966 he was awarded the OBE.

Publications Author Men Dressed As Seamen (1943), illustrated by Roger K. Furse View from Atlantis: the Americans and Ourselves (1955) Coastline (1959) Scholars of the Heart: Essays in Criticism (1962) A Reader's Guide to Henry James (1966) The Golden Age of English Drama: Enjoyment of Elizabethan and Jacobean Plays (1981) A Preface to Henry James (1986) Wings of a Man’s Life (1990) Arthur Mizener: Literary Critic with a Political Conscience (1991) Editor Essays and Studies (1963) Cousins and Strangers (1956)