Roy Ridley
Maurice Roy Ridley (25 January 1890, Orcheston St Mary −12 June 1969) was a writer and poet, Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford.
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Career
Ridley was educated at Clifton College and Balliol College, Oxford.[1] From 1920 to 1945 he was a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol. Ridley spent 1930-1 as a visiting professor at Bowdoin College under the auspices of the Tallman Foundation. He was a Lecturer at Bedford College from 1948.[1]
In popular culture
Dorothy L. Sayers based the physical description of her fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey on that of Ridley after seeing him read his Newdigate Prize-winning poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July 1913.
Works
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