Robert Anthony Welch (25 November 1947 â€" 3 February 2013) was an
Irish author and scholar.[1]Robert Anthony Welch was Emeritus
Professor of English in the Faculty of Arts and former Dean of the
Faculty at the University of Ulster. He joined the University in 1984
as Professor of English and head of the School of English, Media, and
Theatre Studies having previously taught at the School of English,
University of Leeds, and the University of Ife in Nigeria.[2]He was
born in Cork, Ireland, and was educated at University College Cork and
later the University of Leeds.[3] He took his Master's at Cork
University under Sean Lucy and then went to study for his PhD under
Yeats scholar A N Jeffares at Leeds University,.[4] where he also held
a Lectureship in English. His research was on the interaction between
Gaelic tradition and Irish poetry in English, a field in which he
achieved wide recognition and which was given special mention in the
citation that led to his election to membership of the Royal Irish
Academy[5] in 2008.
Irish author and scholar.[1]Robert Anthony Welch was Emeritus
Professor of English in the Faculty of Arts and former Dean of the
Faculty at the University of Ulster. He joined the University in 1984
as Professor of English and head of the School of English, Media, and
Theatre Studies having previously taught at the School of English,
University of Leeds, and the University of Ife in Nigeria.[2]He was
born in Cork, Ireland, and was educated at University College Cork and
later the University of Leeds.[3] He took his Master's at Cork
University under Sean Lucy and then went to study for his PhD under
Yeats scholar A N Jeffares at Leeds University,.[4] where he also held
a Lectureship in English. His research was on the interaction between
Gaelic tradition and Irish poetry in English, a field in which he
achieved wide recognition and which was given special mention in the
citation that led to his election to membership of the Royal Irish
Academy[5] in 2008.
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