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About George Watson

George Grimes Watson (13 October 1927[1] – 2 August 2013) was a scholar, literary critic, historian, a fellow of St John's College, and professor of English at Cambridge University.


Watson was born in Brisbane, Australia, on 13 October 1927. He was educated at Brisbane Boys' College and the University of Queensland, where he graduated in English in 1948. He secured a scholarship for a second degree and graduated in English from Trinity College at Oxford University in 1950.