John Young Thomson Greig
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About John Young Thomson Greig
Lived 1891 – 1963 (aged 71–72). John Young Thomson Greig was a biographer, university teacher and scholar of English.
John Young Thomson Greig (1891–1963) was a British literary scholar and award-winning biographer. He was born in Manchuria where his father was a Presbyterian missionary.
Greig was a leading scholar on the Scottish philosopher David Hume. His 1931 biography of Hume won the James Tait Black Award, and he also edited Hume's letters. He also published a well-regarded biography of WM Thackeray in 1950, and a volume entitled The Psychology of Laughter and Comedy. In addition, Greig wrote four novels under the pseudonym of John Carruthers during the 1920s.
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literary scholar (1891-1963)
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John Young Thomson Greig was born in 1891 in People's Republic of China.
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John Young Thomson Greig was a biographer, university teacher and scholar of English.
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