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Peter Milward is a British educator and author who was born on 12 October 1925 in London, England. He is best known for his work in the field of English literature, particularly his work on the works of William Shakespeare. Milward attended the University of Oxford, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1947. He then went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Cambridge in 1950. Milward began his career as a teacher at the University of London in 1951. He then went on to teach at the University of Cambridge from 1954 to 1965. In 1965, he was appointed professor of English literature at the University of Tokyo, where he taught until his retirement in 1990. Milward has written numerous books and articles on English literature, including his most famous work, Shakespeare's Language (1970). He has also written books on the works of other authors, such as John Donne and George Herbert. Milward is currently 92 years old and his net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. He has no known spouse or children.

Popular As Peter Christopher Milward
Occupation Jesuit priest; academic, educator and scholar
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 12 October 1925
Birthday 12 October
Birthplace London, England
Date of death (2017-08-16)
Died Place Tokyo, Japan
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1977

Outside Japan, he is best known to academics as a specialist in Renaissance literature who, largely on the basis of research in the Huntington Library, compiled two fundamental aids for the study of religion in early modern England: Religious Controversies of the Elizabethan Age (1977) and Religious Controversies of the Jacobean Age (1978). Milward was also a book reviewer for Monumenta Nipponica. After his retirement he was one of the leading proponents of the view that Shakespeare was a crypto-Catholic. He wrote regularly for the St. Austin Review.

1962

Milward joined the Department of English Literature at Sophia University in 1962. In time he became vice-chairman of the Renaissance Institute at Sophia University, and editor of the Institute's Renaissance Monographs. He was the first director of the university's Renaissance Centre, opened in 1984. After his retirement he continued to provide lectures at the Renaissance Centre. He is best known in Japan as the author of a series of readers and textbooks for the study of the English language and English literature, and as an essayist on comparative culture.

1925

Father Peter Milward, SJ (12 October 1925 – 16 August 2017) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar. He was emeritus professor of English Literature at Sophia University in Tokyo and a leading figure in scholarship on English Renaissance literature. He was chair of the Renaissance Institute at Sophia University from its inception in 1974 until it was closed down in 2014 and director of the Renaissance Centre from its start in 1984 until it was closed down in 2002. He primarily published on the works of William Shakespeare and Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Born in London in 1925, Milward was educated at Wimbledon College, entering the Society of Jesus in 1943 at the age of 18. He went on to study Classics and English Literature in Heythrop College and Campion Hall, Oxford. In Oxford he made a point of attending the lectures of C. S. Lewis and the meetings of the Socratic Club. In 1954 he was sent to Japan, where he learnt the Japanese language and completed his study of Theology. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1960.