Milward, Peter, 1925-2017
Dates
- Existence: 1925-10-12 - 2017-08-16
Biographical Note
Peter Milward was born on October 12, 1925 in London, England. Milward was educated at Wimbledon College and entered the Society of Jesus in 1943. He studied Classics and English Literature at Heythrop College, University of London and Campion Hall, Oxford. In 1954, Milward traveled to Japan, where he learned the Japanese language and completed his study of Theology. He was ordained in 1960. In 1962, Milward joined the Department of English Literature at Sophia University in Tokyo, became vice-chairman of the university’s Renaissance Institute and editor of its Renaissance Monographs, and was the first director of its Renaissance Centre in 1984.
Milward was the author of a series of textbooks for the study of the English language and English Literature, wrote for the St. Austin Review, and reviewed books for Monumenta Nipponica. After his retirement, he became a leading proponent of the view that Shakespeare was a crypto-Catholic. Milward died on August 16, 2017.
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Peter Milward, SJ papers
These papers document the scholarship of Jesuit Peter Milward, SJ through printed articles, reviews, and some typescripts. The collection consists mainly of Milward’s work in English and Japanese literary studies, with an emphasis on Shakespeare.
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