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Apr 12, 1993 · A well-respected tutor at Oxford University, Edward was probably in line for a college presidency. He seemed content with his lot. That is, until he met Brita, an American teenager touring...
Apr 4, 1993 · One of them was a small informal diary kept by the Rev. Edward Palin, a 36-year-old fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, during a walking holiday in Switzerland in August 1861. It was not...
Plot. Palin plays Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford professor on holiday in the Swiss Alps in 1861. There he meets the American Caroline Hartley ( Connie Booth) and her 18-year-old ward Elinor ( Trini Alvarado ). Ashby is drawn to them both, particularly Elinor, but is rather surprised when they arrive in Oxford and rent a house.
Apr 15, 1993 · Edward Palin was a 35 year-old tutor at Oxford University when he met 17-year-old Brita, an American girl touring Europe. Oxford tutors in the Victorian era were sworn to chastity, so...
Sir Michael Edward Palin KCMG , CBE , FRGS , FRSGS , FRSL ( / ˈpeɪlɪn / PAY-lin; born 5 May 1943 [1]) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. [2] He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 [3] and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.
Died. 1903 in Herefordshire. Occupation. Clerk in Holy Orders. Education. Merchant Taylors' School and St, John's College, Oxford, BA 1848; MA 1850; BD 1856. Edward's father was Richard Palin (c1799-1864) of Artillery Place West, Bunhill Row, Islington, London and his mother was Sophia Freeman.
Henry James Pye (Magdalen Hall) Poet Laureate 1790–1813. Robert Southey (Balliol) Poet Laureate 1813–43. Robert Bridges (Corpus Christi) Poet Laureate 1913–30. Cecil Day-Lewis (Wadham) Poet Laureate 1967–72. John Betjeman (Magdalen) Poet Laureate 1972–84. Andrew Motion (University) Poet Laureate 1999–.
