Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
216 OBITUARIES Paul was the son of two Church of England missionaries who had met in Paraguay. He was born in West Hartlepool, on 11 May 1917, where his father served as a vicar after returning to England. It was Paul’s father who first instructed him in Greek, and did it well enough that the young Paul managed to win a scholarship to study Classics at Winchester. From Winchester he would later go on to win another classical scholarship, this time at King’s. Paul came to Cambridge in 1935, choosing to study English as well as Classics for by this time he already envisioned his future work being informed by both fields.The interest in the interconnections between English literature and Classics would stay with Paul for the remainder of his life. In 1939 Paul left King’s with a First and spent the war working as an Assistant Principal in the Ministry of Health and then as an Observer in the RNVR Air Branch. Paul was grounded in 1941 for medical reasons and spent the rest of the war in London, presumably to the relief of Alexandra, whom he had married in 1940. In 1942 two daughters, Jacky and Sally, were born to the couple. After the war Paul worked again at the Ministry of Health, taught at Morley College, held temporary lectureships at Cambridge University and King’s College London and taught Classics at London grammar schools. In 1955 he was finally appointed Lecturer in English at University College London. Paul’s first major translation, of Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe, was published the following year. In the early 1960s Paul was inTurkey for two non-consecutive years, teaching English at Ankara University. For both Paul and his Turkish students this was a rewarding experience. Turkey would hold a special place in his heart and he would keep in touch with many of his colleagues and students from this period. A physical and intellectual home in Oxford would come to Paul in 1964. He was then appointed University Lecturer in English and Fellow of Linacre College. Paul retired officially in 1984, though he never stopped teaching. His work as a part-timeTutor in Greek and Literature for the Oxford University Continuing Education Department lasted from 1986 until just before his death. With
enormous patience, enthusiasm and humour, Paul, the prominent scholar, offered to teach classes in classical Greek for beginners. He was rightly demanding in return, having his students hand in great quantities of written homework that he would assiduously correct. Imprecision brought about by over-ambition was the only thing for which his patience was not enough. Those who were genuinely struggling to keep up were always carefully and warmly helped and encouraged. Paul was a fervent believer in not only challenging his students, but also himself. Towards the end of his life he was devoted to playing music. Although Paul claimed that he managed to drive the Principal from his office when the amateur string quartet of Linacre College practised under it, he could not have been so bad, as he was later to play with the St Paul’s orchestra in Oxford. Paul was also very engaged in issues of animal welfare and was himself a great lover of animals. He was a strict vegetarian and protested against the treatment of farm animals in modern society. His own collie Georgy, to whom Paul appointed himself private secretary, attended his Greek classes though he admitted that she made precious little progress in the language. Paul did not only teach but also wrote and translated. He translated Longus, Lucian, Pliny and Sir Thomas More. In the 2001/2 NewYears’ Honours Paul was awarded an MBE for his services to Classics. But Paul also published extensively on English literature, writing on Swift,Tennyson and Hardy. His Life of Thomas Hardy was published in 1998 and was a massive scholarly undertaking carried out when in his seventies and eighties. Paul did not believe that there was any virtue in slowing down his work on subjects that fascinated him. In 1992 Paul’s third wife Jane, who had been living with him in Oxford for 25 years, died. The following year Paul’s daughter Sally died of cancer. Paul died on 29 April 2005. He was survived by his last companion Ginny, a beloved Burmese cat who was found a new home in Devon. 217 OBITUARIES
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enormous patience, enthusiasm and humour, Paul, the prominent scholar,<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered to teach classes in classical Greek for beginners. He was rightly<br />
demanding in return, having his students hand in great quantities <strong>of</strong> written<br />
homework that he would assiduously correct. Imprecision brought about by<br />
over-ambition was the only thing for which his patience was not enough.<br />
Those who were genuinely struggling to keep up were always carefully and<br />
warmly helped and encouraged.<br />
Paul was a fervent believer in not only challenging his students, but also<br />
himself. Towards the end <strong>of</strong> his life he was devoted to playing music.<br />
Although Paul claimed that he managed to drive the Principal from his<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice when the amateur string quartet <strong>of</strong> Linacre <strong>College</strong> practised under it,<br />
he could not have been so bad, as he was later to play with the St Paul’s<br />
orchestra in Oxford. Paul was also very engaged in issues <strong>of</strong> animal welfare<br />
and was himself a great lover <strong>of</strong> animals. He was a strict vegetarian and<br />
protested against the treatment <strong>of</strong> farm animals in modern society. His own<br />
collie Georgy, to whom Paul appointed himself private secretary, attended<br />
his Greek classes though he admitted that she made precious little progress<br />
in the language.<br />
Paul did not only teach but also wrote and translated. He translated Longus,<br />
Lucian, Pliny and Sir Thomas More. In the 2001/2 NewYears’ Honours Paul<br />
was awarded an MBE for his services to Classics. But Paul also published<br />
extensively on English literature, writing on Swift,Tennyson and Hardy. His<br />
Life <strong>of</strong> Thomas Hardy was published in 1998 and was a massive scholarly<br />
undertaking carried out when in his seventies and eighties. Paul did not<br />
believe that there was any virtue in slowing down his work on subjects that<br />
fascinated him.<br />
In 1992 Paul’s third wife Jane, who had been living with him in Oxford for<br />
25 years, died. The following year Paul’s daughter Sally died <strong>of</strong> cancer. Paul<br />
died on 29 April 2005. He was survived by his last companion Ginny, a<br />
beloved Burmese cat who was found a new home in Devon.<br />
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