W(illiam) P(aton) Ker - Works

Scholar, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow and Oxford, and became professor of English at Cardiff (1883–9) and University College London (1889–1920), and professor of poetry at Oxford in 1920. A talker, lecturer, and writer of prodigious learning and vitality, his books include Epic and Romance (1897), The Dark Ages (1904), Essays on Mediaeval Literature (1905), and The Art of Poetry (1923).

William Paton Ker (August 30, 1855 - July 17, 1923) was a Scottish literary scholar and essayist. He became Professor of English Literature at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff in 1883;

Works

Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature (1897); The Dark Ages [1904] Sturla the Historian (1906) Tennyson (1909) English Literature: Medieval n(1912) Two Essays (1918) Sir Walter Scott (1919) Medieval English Literature The Art of Poetry (1923) Form And Style In Poetry (1928) On Modern Literature Collected Essays (1968) edited by Charles Whibley

He is mentioned in W. Auden's essay (he later took the same poetry chair at Oxford) Making, Knowing, and Judging.