Miller, Karl (Fergus Connor)

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MILLER, Karl (Fergus Connor)

MILLER, Karl (Fergus Connor). British, b. 1931. Genres: Marine sciences/Oceanography, Biography. Career: British educator, editor, and author. H.M. Royal Treasury, London, assistant principal, 1956-57; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC-TV), producer, 1957-58; Spectator, literary editor, 1957-61; New Statesman, literary editor, 1961-66; Listener, editor, 1967-73; University College London, Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature, 1974-92; London Review of Books, editor, then co-editor, 1979-92; author and editor. Publications: Cockburn's Millennium (biography), 1975; Doubles: Studies in Literary History, 1985; Authors, 1989; Rebecca's Vest (memoir), 1993; Dark Horses (memoir), 1998; Electric Shepherd: A Likeness of James Hogg, 2003. EDITOR: Writing in England Today: The Last Fifteen Years, 1968; Memoirs of a Modern Scotland, 1970; A Listener Anthology: August 1967-June 1970, 1970; A Second Listener Anthology, 1973; London Review of Books: Anthology One, 1981; Landscape Poets: Robert Burns, 1981. Address: 26 Limerston St, London SW10, England.

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