Patrick Boyde
Patrick Boyde, FBA is a British Italianist and retired academic. He was Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Cambridge from 1981 to 2002 and has been a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, since 1966.Career
Born in 1934, Boyde studied at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1956 and then completing a PhD in 1963. After a year as an assistant lecturer at the University of Leeds, he was appointed to an assistant lectureship at the University of Cambridge in 1962 and was eventually promoted to a full lectureship; he was then appointed Serena Professor of Italian in 1981, serving until retirement in 2002. He was also elected to a fellowship at St John's College in 1966. In 1987, Boyde was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities.Publications
- Dante's Lyric Poetry.
- Dante's Style in his Lyric Poetry.
- Dante Philomythes and Philosopher: Man in the Cosmos.
- Perception and Passion in Dante's Comedy.
- Lettura del Fiore.
- Dante e la scienza.
- The Fiore in Context: Dante, France, Tuscany .
- Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy.
