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'''Harry Taylor Willetts''' (1922 – 7 April 2005) was an English scholar of Russian. |
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Willetts studied at [[The Queen's College, Oxford]] |
In 1940 to 1947, Willetts studied at [[The Queen's College, Oxford]]. |
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== Career == |
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| ⚫ | Willetts was professor of [[Russian history]] at [[Oxford University]]. Willetts was director of the Russian and East European Centre at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], where his colleagues included the noted Russian scholars [[Max Hayward]], [[Harry Shukman]] and [[William Deakin]]. A prolific translator of [[Russian literature]], Willetts is best known for his translations of the works of the [[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]]. As a translator, he is often credited as '''H.T. Willetts'''. |
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After 1947, Willetts joined the [[Foreign Office]] before joining St Antony's College in 1960. |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Revision as of 00:59, 1 January 2019
Harry Taylor Willetts (1922 – 7 April 2005) was an English scholar of Russian.
In 1940 to 1947, Willetts studied at The Queen's College, Oxford.
Career
Willetts was professor of Russian history at Oxford University. Willetts was director of the Russian and East European Centre at St Antony's College, Oxford, where his colleagues included the noted Russian scholars Max Hayward, Harry Shukman and William Deakin. A prolific translator of Russian literature, Willetts is best known for his translations of the works of the Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn. As a translator, he is often credited as H.T. Willetts.
After 1947, Willetts joined the Foreign Office before joining St Antony's College in 1960.
Personal life
In 1957 Willetts married Halina Szenbaum, Polish and Jewish, in London, England. Willetts' son was Sam Willetts.
Willetts was preceded in death by his wife Halina.[1] Their son Sam Willetts became a poet.[2]
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