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Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson

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Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson

Birth
Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Death
19 Feb 1960 (aged 94)
Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Burial
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland Add to Map
Plot
Edgehill
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Educated at King's College, University of Aberdeen and Christ Church, Oxford and on graduating was appointed Professor of English Literature at his Aberdeen alma mater, where he taught from 1894 to 1915. Subsequently became Knight Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh (1915–1935).
Marriage 1: 1896 - Mary Letitia Ogston
Marriage 2: 1938 - Margaret Storrs, dau of L S Storrs, President of the Los Angeles Railway Company and of Mrs Mary C. Storrs.
Educated at King's College, University of Aberdeen and Christ Church, Oxford and on graduating was appointed Professor of English Literature at his Aberdeen alma mater, where he taught from 1894 to 1915. Subsequently became Knight Professor of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh (1915–1935).
Marriage 1: 1896 - Mary Letitia Ogston
Marriage 2: 1938 - Margaret Storrs, dau of L S Storrs, President of the Los Angeles Railway Company and of Mrs Mary C. Storrs.

Inscription

MARY LETITIA GRIERSON 1868-1937
Surrexerunt filiieius et beatissimam praedicaverunt virejus et laudaviteam.
HERBERT JOHN CLIFFORD GRIERSON
1866-1960
et eum amabant



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