Dorothy Knowles (academic)
| Dorothy Knowles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 28, 1906 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Died |
November 10, 2010 (aged 104) London, UK |
| Occupation | Academic and fencer |
| Years active | 1934 to 2010 |
| Spouse(s) | John Stephenson Spink |
Dorothy Knowles, (born 28 March 1906 in Johannesburg, died 10 November 2010), was a British academic, known to her friends as Diana. She was noted for her research into French drama. She taught at Liverpool University from 1934 to 1967. She was also an accomplished fencer. Knowles is known to historians of British cinema for her 1934 book The Censor, the Drama and the Film,[1] in which she criticised the British Board of Film Censors for what she regarded as unaccountable political censorship. In 1989 she published a study of the work of the playwright Armand Gatti.[2]
References
- ↑ Knowles, Dorothy (1934). The Censor, the Drama and the Film. George Allen and Unwin.
- ↑ Guardian obituary.
External links
- Obituary in The Independent, 10 December 2012
- Obituary in The Guardian, 13 December 2010.
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