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'''Sir Maurice Bowra''' (1898–1971) was an English classical scholar and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, | [[File:Maurice Bowra.jpg|thumb|Maurice Bowra]]'''Sir Maurice Bowra''' (Cecil Maurice Bowra, 1898–1971) was an English classical scholar and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of [[Wadham College, Oxford]], from 1938 to 1970, and Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Oxford]] from 1951 to 1954. | ||
He was born in China, to English parents. He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]], and studied classics at New College, Oxford after war service. He was elected a fellow of Wadham College in 1922, becoming subsequently Dean and then Warden (head) of the college. | He was born in China, to English parents. He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]], and studied classics at [[New College, Oxford]] after war service. He was elected a fellow of Wadham College in 1922, becoming subsequently Dean and then Warden (head) of the college. | ||
As an undergraduate in Oxford in the 1920s Bowra was fashionably homosexual and was known to cruise for sex.<ref name=annan165>Annan | As an undergraduate in Oxford in the 1920s Bowra was fashionably homosexual and was known to cruise for sex.<ref name=annan165>Noel Annan, ''The Dons''. London: HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0-00-257074-2. page 165.</ref> He used the term "the [[Homintern]]"<ref name=annan165/> and privately referred to his leading position in it, also calling it "the Immoral Front" or "the 69th International".<ref>Mitchell, Leslie Mitchell, ''Maurice Bowra: A Life''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-929584-5, page 123.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:09, 10 July 2026
Sir Maurice Bowra (Cecil Maurice Bowra, 1898–1971) was an English classical scholar and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1951 to 1954.
He was born in China, to English parents. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and studied classics at New College, Oxford after war service. He was elected a fellow of Wadham College in 1922, becoming subsequently Dean and then Warden (head) of the college.
As an undergraduate in Oxford in the 1920s Bowra was fashionably homosexual and was known to cruise for sex.[1] He used the term "the Homintern"[1] and privately referred to his leading position in it, also calling it "the Immoral Front" or "the 69th International".[2]
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