Introduction
Peter Hobley Davison (born 1926), OBE, Ph.D., D.Litt., Hon. D. Arts, is research professor of English at De Montfort University, Leicester, and emeritus professor of English at Glyndŵr University. Davison is considered an authority on the life and works of George Orwell. For a number of years until about 2010 he also took charge of the Speaker Programme for the Economic Research Council in London.
Life and career
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he taught, and gained his Ph.D. at Sydney University.In 1992, he was president of the Bibliographical Society and edited its journal, The Library, for 12 years. He received the Society's Gold Medal in 2003.
In 1998, assisted by his wife, Sheila Davison, and Ian Angus he edited the 20-volume The Complete Works of George Orwell (Secker & Warburg, 1998).
In 2013, he edited Orwell's Diaries and Orwell: A Life in Letters.
Publications
- George Orwell: A Literary Life (Palgrave Macmillan, 1996)
- The Complete Works of George Orwell (Secker & Warburg, 1998) ISBN 0 436 20377 4
- The Lost Orwell (Timewell Press, 2007) ISBN 978-1857252149
- George Orwell: A Life in Letters (Penguin, 2011)