Robert Barnard (1936–2013), 1974: Death of an Old Goat

Abstract

Born on 23 November 1936 in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, Robert Barnard studied English at Balliol College Oxford, lectured at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia 1961–6, moved to Bergen, Norway, 1966–76, where he took a Ph.D. in 1972, and then became Professor at Tromsö, 1976–83, when he retired early to write full-time.