Professor David Daiches

The Scotsman | July 20, 2005| | Copyright

THE first time I met David Daiches was in Miller's Wine Bar in King's Parade, Cambridge. Somewhat hungover, I ordered, following Byron's recommendation in Don Juan, a glass of hock-and-soda-water, whereupon a voice behind me said: "That's a very 1890s drink, young man."

I knew him to be an English don, though I wasn't reading English myself, but I didn't then realise that he was one of the most distinguished of Scottish men of letters of the 20th century. Had I known that, I might have been less forward in the conversation that followed. Perhaps not; he liked young people to speak their ...

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