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The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses by Noel Annan |
The author, a distinguished don himself, outlines the genesis of the modern Oxford/Cambridge/London don and quotes many examples and anecdotes, intertwining these with the evolution of the universities. This is followed by a study of types of don, taking individual figures such as the scientist Rutherford of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, Maurice Bowra (The Don as Wit), and Isaiah Berlin (The Don as Magus).
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 9 June 2001 ) |
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