Hugo Dyson: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
(7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
| image=[[Image:Hugo_dyson.jpg|250px]]
| image=[[Image:Hugo_dyson.jpg|250px]]
| name=Hugo Dyson
| name=Hugo Dyson
| born=[[1896]]
| born=[[7 April]] [[1896]]
| died=[[1975]]
| died=[[6 June]] [[1975]]
| education=
| education=
| occupation=Scholar
| occupation=Scholar
Line 9: Line 9:
| website=
| website=
|}}
|}}
'''Hugo Victor Dyson Dyson''' ([[1896]]-[[1975]]) was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He helped Tolkien persuade [[C.S. Lewis]] to (active) Christianity. He much preferred talk at Inklings meetings to readings and is remembered by [[Christopher Tolkien]] as "lying on the couch, and lolling and shouting and saying, 'Oh God, no more Elves'"{{fact}} during reading of ''The Lord of the Rings''.  
'''Hugo Victor Dyson Dyson''' ([[7 April]] [[1896]] - [[6 June]] [[1975]]) was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He helped Tolkien persuade [[C.S. Lewis]] to (active) Christianity.
 
He much preferred talk to readings at Inklings meetings and is remembered by [[Christopher Tolkien]] as "lying on the couch, and lolling and shouting and saying, 'Oh God, no more Elves'" during reading of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>[[Christopher Tolkien]] in ''[[J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''</ref>
 
==Further reading==
 
*"Hugo Dyson: Inkling, Teacher, Bon Vivant", by [[David Bratman]]. ''[[Mythlore]]'' 21:4 (whole no. 82) (Winter 1997): 19-34.


==External links==
==External links==
* {{WP|Hugo Dyson}}
* {{WP|Hugo Dyson}}
 
{{references}}
{{inklings}}
{{inklings}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyson, Hugo}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyson, Hugo}}

Revision as of 06:04, 16 December 2015

Hugo dyson.jpg
Hugo Dyson
Biographical information
Born7 April 1896
Died6 June 1975
OccupationScholar
LocationEngland

Hugo Victor Dyson Dyson (7 April 1896 - 6 June 1975) was a fellow Inkling with J.R.R. Tolkien. He helped Tolkien persuade C.S. Lewis to (active) Christianity.

He much preferred talk to readings at Inklings meetings and is remembered by Christopher Tolkien as "lying on the couch, and lolling and shouting and saying, 'Oh God, no more Elves'" during reading of The Lord of the Rings.[1]

Further reading

  • "Hugo Dyson: Inkling, Teacher, Bon Vivant", by David Bratman. Mythlore 21:4 (whole no. 82) (Winter 1997): 19-34.

External links

References

The Inklings
J.R.R. Tolkien · Owen Barfield · J.A.W. Bennett · Lord David Cecil · Nevill Coghill · James Dundas-Grant · Hugo Dyson · Adam Fox · Colin Hardie · Robert Havard · C.S. Lewis · Warren Lewis · Gervase Mathew · R.B. McCallum · C.E. Stevens · Christopher Tolkien · John Wain · Charles Williams · Charles Leslie Wrenn