Murphy, (Gavin) Martin (Hedd)

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MURPHY, (Gavin) Martin (Hedd)

MURPHY, (Gavin) Martin (Hedd). British, b. 1934. Genres: Classics, History, Theology/Religion, Biography, Translations, Classics. Career: Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey, 1955-61; teacher of classics, 1962- 72; Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, chief educational editor, 1972-75; free-lance writer and teacher, 1975-. Publications: (trans.) From Constantine to Charlemagne, 1960; Stories from Ovid, 1971; The Roman Catholic Church, 1976; Blanco White: Self-Banished Spaniard, 1989; St Gregory's College, Seville, 1592-1767, 1992. EDITOR: Ovid, Metamorphoses XI, 1972; William Atkins S.J., The Journey of Twelve Students from St. Omers to Seville, 1622, Camden Miscellany XXXII, 1994. Address: 38 Crawley Road, Witney, Oxon. OX28 1HT, England.