C. A. Patrides

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1930 – 1986

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Who was C. A. Patrides?

Constantinos Apostolos Patrides was a Greek–American academic and writer, and “one of the greatest scholars of Renaissance literature of his generation”. His books list the name C. A. Patrides; his Christian name “Constantinos” was shortened to the familiar “Dinos” and “Dean” by friends.

Born in New York City, he lived in Greece during World War II. His childhood service with the Greek Resistance against the Axis Occupation earned him a medal for heroism from the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. At Kenyon College and at Oxford University, he began the research that was published as Milton and the Christian Tradition, a classic study of John Milton's Christian theology. Patrides was a professor at the University of California and the University of York and a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan. He was a prolific writer on literature and intellectual history who gave elegant lectures around the world. He edited study editions of the prose of Milton and of the poems of John Donne and George Herbert. After his 1986 death, his works and alms and all his good endeavors were commemorated by the annual Patrides lectures at York and by both the Patrides Fellowships and the Patrides Professorship at Michigan.

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Born
1930
New York City
Also known as
  • C. Patrides
  • Constantinos A. Patrides
  • Constantinos Apostolos Patrides
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • PhD, University of Oxford
    ( - 1957)
Lived in
  • Michigan
    (1978 - )
Died
Sep 23, 1986

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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