Julian Dunlop Bickersteth

In memoriam

Julian was the second son of Professor Geoffrey Langdale Bickersteth and his wife Jean Sorley. Professor Bickersteth made a renowned translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. He was Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University, 1941-7 and, later, held the same Chair at Aberdeen University. Julian was born in Aberdeen in 1922 and had two younger sisters and a younger brother. He was a Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th (lst Bn. The Queen's Westminsters) Bn. when he was killed near Athens on January 4th 1945.

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