Katharine Worth

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Katharine Worth

Literature

#5548

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#8519

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Katharine Worth's Degrees

• Bachelors English Literature University of Oxford
• Masters English Literature University of Oxford
• PhD English Literature University of Oxford

Why Is Katharine Worth Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Katharine Worth was a British academic, Professor of Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London. Biography Early life and education Katherine Joyce Worth was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 4 August 1922 to George and Elizabeth Lorimer. The family later moved to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Whitley Bay, Northumberland, where she grew up. She was successful in obtaining a scholarship to Bedlington High School but left to sit the Civil Service entry exam when she was sixteen years-old. She obtained a BA in English through a correspondence course with the University of London whilst employed as a junior civil servant. She went on to Bedford College, University of London where she wrote a dissertation on George Bernard Shaw for her Masters in Research, followed by a doctoral thesis on American playwright and Nobel laureate Eugene O’Neill for her PhD, under the supervision of Una Ellis-Fermor the College's then Hildred Carlile Professor of English.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Katharine Worth?

Katharine Worth is affiliated with the following schools:

• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
• University of Oxford
• Royal Holloway, University of London