M.R. James
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Emerging from a clerical household in Kent, he received his early education at Temple Grove School before moving on to Eton College, where he displayed linguistic talent by translating the Book of Baruch, and later to King’s College, Cambridge, where he remained as undergraduate, don and eventually provost. His academic career encompassed senior posts as provost of King’s (1905-1918) and Eton (191…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources