Search results
Henry Victor Dyson Dyson (7 April 1896 – 6 June 1975), generally known as Hugo Dyson and who signed his writings H. V. D. Dyson, was an English academic and a member of the Inklings literary group.
Henry Victor Dyson Dyson (1896 – 1975), generally known as Hugo Dyson, and who signed his writings as H. V. D. Dyson, was an English academic and a member of the Inklings literary circle. He was a committed Christian, who together with J.R.R. Tolkien he helped persuade C.S. Lewis to convert to...
Oct 27, 2023 · Hugo Victor Dyson Dyson was a fellow Inkling with J.R.R. Tolkien. He helped Tolkien persuade C.S. Lewis to (active) Christianity. He much preferred talk to readings at Inklings meetings and is remembered by Christopher Tolkien as "lying on the couch, and lolling and shouting and saying, 'Oh God, no more Elves'" during reading of The Lord of the ...
Dec 14, 2012 · According to J. R. R. Tolkien’s son, Christopher, Hugo Dyson (1896-1975) had quite enough, thank you, even though the lesser-known Oxford don was considered the most fun-loving of the Inklings. As another newly-written passage of The Lord of the Rings was read aloud by its author, Dyson.
Jul 20, 2023 · One of its most famous moments was when Lewis and his friend J.R.R. Tolkien strolled down Addison’s Walk in Oxford and discussed whether Christianity was “a true myth.”. Few people remember a third person at that walk: their mutual friend Hugo Dyson.
Sep 20, 2016 · On an early Sunday morning, September 20, 1931, three 30-something English professors took a stroll together on Addison’s Walk in the grounds of Magdalen College at the University of Oxford: 35-year-old Hugo Dyson (Tutor and Lecturer at Reading University).
It was Hugo Dyson, along with J.R.R. Tolkien, who had a long talk with C.S. Lewis in September 1931 about the “Dying God” myth, a talk which lasted well into the night and paved way for Lewis’s own conversion. Dyson was better known for his brilliant wit and his ebullient spirits than for his scholarly output.
Henry Victor Dyson Dyson (7 April 1896 – 6 June 1975), generally known as Hugo Dyson and who signed his writings H. V. D. Dyson, was an English academic and a member of the Inklings literary group.
Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note) Abstract . Updates Bratman’s 1997 essay on Inkling Dyson in Mythlore #82. Additional Keywords . Dyson, Hugo—Biography; Inklings—History—1939-1945 . This notes and letters is available in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and
The (original) Inklings were a group of Oxford academics and writers, their most famous members including J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Hugo Dyson. They used to meet regularly, often at the Eagle & Child pub in Oxford, and read portions of their work to each other.
