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Bevan, Allan
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Dates of existence
1913-1981
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Allan Bevan was an active member of the academic community at Dalhousie University for nearly thirty years. A scholar of English literature, particularly the work of seventeenth-century author John Dryden, Bevan earned an MA from the University of Manitoba in 1947 and a PhD from the University of Toronto in 1953. He then joined the English department of Dalhousie where he taught several classes each year, ranging from introductory English to graduate seminars. Bevan was active in the administration of the English faculty, belonging to numerous committees and serving as head of the department from 1958-1969 and again from 1975-1977. During his career at Dalhousie, he was editor of the Dalhousie Review, a long-running literary journal of scholarly essays and creative writing published by the university. Bevan himself was a creative writer, and produced a number of original stories and essays.
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of English (1925-)
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Dates of relationship
1953 - 1979
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Allan Bevan was the head of the Department of English from 1958-69 and 1975-77.