Nigel Leask
Nigel James Leask (born September 29,1958) is a Scottish academic publishing on Romantic, Scottish, and Anglo-Indian literature, with special interest on British Empire, Orientalism, and travel writing. He has been Regius Professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgow, since 2004.
He won the Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year award in 2010 for his book Robert Burns and Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late-18th Century Scotland. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Centenary Fellow of the English Association.
Nigel Leask | |
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| Born | September 29, 1958 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Other names | Nigel J. Leask, Nigel Leask |
| Occupations | Academic, literary critic, cultural historian |
| Children | 2 (children) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Edinburgh Academy |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Glasgow |
| Main interests | Scottish literature, British Empire, Romanticism, eighteenth-century literature, Anglo-Indian literature, Orientalism |
| Notable works | Robert Burns and Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late-18th Century Scotland (2010) |