Roy Ridley
Maurice Roy Ridley was a writer and poet, Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford. He was also a visiting professor at Bowdoin under the auspices of the Tallman Foundation, and shortly thereafter.Career
Ridley was educated at Clifton College and Balliol College, Oxford. From 1920 to 1945 he was a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol. Ridley spent 1930-1 as a visiting professor at Bowdoin College under the auspices of the Tallman Foundation. He was a Lecturer at Bedford College, University of London, from 1948. He earned a Doctorate of Humane Letters therein.based the physical description of her fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey on that of Ridley after seeing him read his Newdigate Prize-winning poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July 1913.Awards
