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Nevill Coghill
English literary scholar
For the recipient of the Victoria Cross, see Nevill Coghill (VC).
Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer CoghillFRSL (19 April 1899[1] – 6 November 1980) was an Anglo-Irish literary scholar, known especially for his modern-English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.[2] He was an associate of the literary discussion group the 'Inklings', which included J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
Life
[edit]His father was Sir Egerton Coghill, 5th Baronet[1] and his younger brother the actor Ambrose Coghill. Nevill was named after his uncle, Nevill Coghill, who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously at the Battle of Isandlwana.[3]
Coghill was educated at Haileybury, and read History and English at Exeter College, Oxford. In 1924 he became a Fellow of the college, a position he held until 1957,[1] and there is a small bust of him in the college chapel. He served with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War from 1917 to 1919[1] and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in April 1918.[4] In 1927 he married Elspeth Nora Harley, with whom he had a daughter; the marriage was dissolved in 1933.[1] In 1948, he was made Professor of Rhetoric at Gresh
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Nevill Coghill (VC)
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Nevill Josiah Aylmer CoghillVC (25 January 1852 – 22 January 1879) was an Irish officer in the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Family and early life
[edit]Born in Drumcondra, Dublin at Belvidere House, Coghill was the eldest son of Sir John Joscelyn Coghill (1826–1905), 4th Baronet, JP, DL, of Drumcondra, County Dublin (see Coghill baronets), and his wife, the Hon. Katherine Frances Plunket, daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. He was a nephew of David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore and William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket. The painter Sir Egerton Coghill, 5th Baronet was his younger brother and he named his son, Nevill Coghill in his honour. Coghill's nephew became a literary scholar and a member of the Inklings with C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.[1]
Coghill was educated at Haileybury College from 1865 to 1869.[2] In 1876 he set sail with the 24th Regiment of Foot to Cape.
Battle of Isandlwana
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