Frank Kermode

Sir Frank Kermode FBA
Kermode (Amsterdam, 1988)
Born	John Frank Kermode (1919-11-29)29 November 1919 Isle of Man
Died	17 August 2010(2010-08-17) (aged 90) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	British
Title	King Edward VII Professor of English Literature (1974–1982)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Liverpool
Academic work
Discipline	Literary criticism
Institutions	King's College, Durham University University of Reading University of Manchester University of Bristol University College London University of Cambridge King's College, Cambridge Harvard University Columbia University
Notable works	The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (1967)

Sir John Frank Kermode, FBA (29 November 1919 – 17 August 2010^[1][2][3]) was a British literary critic best known for his 1967 work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.

He was the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London and the King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University.

Kermode was known for many works of criticism, and also as editor of the popular Fontana Modern Masters series of introductions to modern thinkers. He was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books.