Chapple, John Alfred Victor
CHAPPLE, John Alfred Victor
CHAPPLE, John Alfred Victor. British, b. 1928. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history, Women's studies and issues. Career: Professor Emeritus of English, Hull University, 1992- (Professor, 1971-92; Pro-Vice- Chancellor, 1985-88). President, Gaskell Society, 1999-. Assistant University College, London, 1953-55; Research Assistant, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1955-58; Assistant, Aberdeen University, 1958-59; Assistant Lecturer, 1959-61, Lecturer, 1961-67, and Sr. Lecturer, 1967-71, Manchester University. Publications: (ed. with A. Pollard) The Letters of Mrs. Gaskell, 1966; Documentary and Imaginative Literature 1880-1920, 1970; Dryden's Earl of Shaftesbury, 1973; (with J.G. Sharps) Elizabeth Gaskell: A Portrait in Letters, 1980; Science and Literature in the Nineteenth Century, 1986; (with A. Wilson) Private Voices: The Diaries of Elizabeth Gaskell and Sophia Holland, 1996; Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Life, 1997; (with K. Shelston) Further Letters of Mrs Gaskell, 2000. Address: 8 Lomax Close, Lichfield WS13 7EY, England.