A twentieth century academic at the University of Oxford best
known for his work on Elizabeth I and Shakespeare, Arthur Leslie
Rowse was born at Tregonissey, near St. Austell, Cornwall, on the
south coast of England on 4 December 1903. The son of an illiterate
china-clay worker, Richard Rowse, and a hard-working shopkeeper,
Annie Vaston Rowse, Rowse was the youngest of three children, which
included his sister, Hilda, and his brother, George. Although
called “Leslie” by family and close friends, he always identified
himself professionally as “A.L. Rowse”.
Opinionated, outspoken, and often viewed as a “curmudgeon”,
Rowse was a much-loved but often difficult personality, who
nonetheless contributed significantly to …
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Citation:
Ockerstrom, Lolly. "Alfred Leslie Rowse". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 May 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3872, accessed 25 November 2024.]
