Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - EnglishGenderMaleHistoryDr. Samuel Ernest Sprott M.A. (Melb); B.D. (Melb. Coll. Div.); Ph.D. (Col). Held the positions of Associate Professor of English, McGill University 1949-1954; Associate Professor of English, Dalhouse University 1958-1961 and finally the George Munro Professor of English Literature at Dalhouse University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) from 1961 until his retirement.
Sprott specialised in 16th - 17th Century English literature, in particular Milton, Donne, Marlowe, Thomas Browne and Shakespeare.
Sprott, Samuel E. (04/12/1919-20/05/2009). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 12/02/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/61072