Edgar Allison Peers

Edgar Allison Peers
Born7 May 1891
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Died21 December 1952(1952-12-21) (aged 61)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
NationalityBritish
EducationDartford Grammar School
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
Known forResearch on Spanish
Scientific career
FieldsEducation theory, Hispanicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool
Other namesBruce Truscot
Spouse
Marion Young
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(m. 1924)​
Children0

Edgar Allison Peers (7 May 1891 – 21 December 1952), also known by his pseudonym Bruce Truscot, was an English Hispanist and education management scholar.[1] He was Professor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool[2] and is notable for founding the Modern Humanities Research Association (in 1918) and the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (in 1934).[1]

As "Bruce Truscot", a pseudonym kept secret until his death, Peers wrote three books offering a critique of the policies and problems associated with British universities, coining the term "red-brick university".[3]

  1. ^ a b W. C. Atkinson, 'Peers, Edgar Allison (1891–1952)’, rev. John D. Haigh, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP, 2004 accessed 24 July 2007
  2. ^ "Edgar Allison Peers". Archive of the University of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  3. ^ "red-brick (2)". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)