Widdows, P(aul) F.
WIDDOWS, P(aul) F.
WIDDOWS, P(aul) F. British, b. 1918. Genres: Translations. Career: Teacher of classics at schools in England, until 1951, and in Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, 1951-58; Sir George Williams University, Montreal, assistant professor to professor of classics, 1958-78; Concordia University, Montreal, professor of classics, 1978-82. Publications: TRANSLATOR: Selected Poems of Emile Nelligan, 1960, new ed., 1995; Lucan's Civil War, 1988; The Fables of Phaedrus, 1992. Address: 23 Burton Ave., Montreal, QC, Canada H3Z 1J6.
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