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Alan Deyermond FBA (24 February 1932 – 19 September 2009) was a British professor of Medieval Spanish Literature and Hispanist. His obituary cited him as ''the English-speaking world's leading scholar of medieval Hispanic literature.'' He spent his academic career associated with one University of London college, Westfield College (later merged with Queen Mary College, to form Queen Mary and Westfield College). Deyermond started his career in 1955 as a lecturer at Westfield College, London. When Westfield merged with Queen Mary College in 1992, he moved to the Mile End site. In the period 1978–1980 he held a joint chair at Westfield and at Princeton University. ==Biography== Deyermond was born in Cairo, Egypt where his father, an officer in the British Army, was stationed. He returned to England with his family in 1936. He began his secondary schooling in Liverpool, and switched to Victoria College, Jersey after the family moved in 1946. He entered Pembroke College, Oxford in 1950 on a scholarship, to read Modern Languages. An upper-level course which introduced Medieval Spanish literature showed him that much fruitful research could be accomplished in that field, and this became the focus of his subsequent research. In 1953 Deyermond began BLitt research. He published his first article in 1954. He became an assistant lecturer at Westfield in 1955; he received his advanced degree in 1957. Also in 1957, he married Ann Bracken, a History graduate of St Hugh's College, Oxford (they had one daughter, Ruth). He became a tenured professor in 1969. From 1986 to 1989 he was Vice-Principal of Westfield. From 1978-1980 he held a joint Chair, split between Westfield and Princeton University. Deyermond was a vegetarian from the age of 50 and a lifelong advocate of animal well-being and humane treatment. He was an active supporter of women's rights and feminist academic freedom. He was a member of the Liberal Party in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was involved in the Radical Reform Group. Throughout his life, he was an active member of the Anglican Church. He died on 19 September 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Deyermond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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