John Hanbury Angus Sparrow
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John Sparrow (1906-1992) was an English academic and barrister.
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[edit] Education
He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.
[edit] Academic Career
He was elected Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (1929). He became Warden of All Souls (1952-77) in an election in which he famously defeated A. L. Rowse. He was also Fellow of Winchester (1951-81) and Honorary Fellow of New College (1956-1992).
[edit] Legal Career
Sparrow was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple (1931, Honorary Bencher 1952), practising in the Chancery Division (1931-39, 1946-51).
[edit] Publications
He published more than fifty books and essays on topics including epigraphy, painting, and Latin and English poetry.
One of his most well known remarks was describing the dog as "That indefatigable and unsavoury engine of pollution".
[edit] Bibliography
- Annan, Noel, The Dons (London: HarperCollins, 1992), pp. 193-208
- Bowra, Maurice, Memories 1898-1939 (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966), pp. 179-82
- Lowe, John, The Warden: A Portrait of John Sparrow (London: HarperCollins, 1998)