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During a distinguished academic career his research focused mainly on
Hellenistic and Roman poetry. He wrote many important articles on the fragmentary poems of
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in four annual
Varsity chess matches (1959–1962), playing on the top board in the 1961 and 1962 matches. He also played in the (over the board)
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From 1964 to 1967, he was assistant lecturer in the
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