Obituary: The Rev V. H. H. Green; Former Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, and one of the originals of George Smiley.(Obituaries) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 25, 2005| Author: Grieve, Dominic | COPYRIGHT 2005 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Dominic Grieve

V. H. H. GREEN was a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, for over 30 years and its Rector from 1983 to 1987. For half a century he was something of an Oxford institution - easily recognisable by his taste for multi- patterned shirts, and green or burgundy leather trousers and buckles on his shoes - while he achieved wider celebrity as one of the acknowledged originals of John le Carre's spy George Smiley.

As a historian he will notably be...