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James Blair Leishman, FBA (8 May 1902 – 14 August 1963) was a British scholar of English literature and a translator of German poetry. The son of a merchant, Leishman was schooled at Earnseal School and at Rydal Mount in Colwyn Bay before studying classics at St John's College, Oxford; he completed a BLitt in English in 1929. In 1928, he was appointed to an assistant lectureship at the University College, Southampton. He remained there until 1946, when he moved to the University of Oxford to be a full lecturer; he was promoted to a senior lectureship two years later. He was also a lecturer (1948–60) and senior research fellow (from 1960) at St John's College, Oxford. He published on seventeenth-century English poetry, and also translated Germany poetry, mostly by Rilke and Hölderlin. He di

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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Proceedings of the British Academy University of Oxford University of Southampton 1902 births Colwyn Bay English studies Friedrich Hölderlin German poetry 1963 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford English translators Fellows of St John's College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy John Everett Butt Lecturer Fellow of the British Academy Bachelor of Letters English literature academics Academics of the University of Oxford Academics of the University of Southampton Switzerland St John's College, Oxford Classics Rainer Maria Rilke Senior research fellow
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