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He was known for his exacting but constructive criticism. When interviewing candidates for admittance to the college, he would assess them using the "Fufu test". His pet cat Fufu would be on the candidate's chair and they would be judged by the manner in which they treated it. The more kindly they
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P.Ovidi Nasonis: Amores; Medicamina Faciei Femineae; Ars Amatoria; Remedia Amoris
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In addition to his post at Cambridge, Kenney has held visiting positions at
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elected him to a fellowship in 1968. He was elected foreign member of the
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The Cambridge History of Classical Literature II: Latin Literature
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until his retirement in 1984. Specialising in transmission and
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Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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treated the cat, the more likely they were to be admitted.
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Members of the University of Cambridge faculty of classics
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in Britain and India. He then went on to read Classics at
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Edward John Kenney
Christ's Hospital
Trinity College, Cambridge
Classics
Latin Literature
Textual Criticism
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Ovid
Lucretius
FBA
Latinist
Kennedy Professor of Latin
textual criticism
Ovid
Lucretius
Cambridge University
Peterhouse
Christ's Hospital
Horsham
West Sussex
Second World War
Royal Corps of Signals
Trinity College, Cambridge
BA
University of Leeds
Peterhouse
Kennedy Professor of Latin
Harvard
Berkeley
Classical Quarterly

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