Margaret Belcher

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The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin; Volume 1: 1830-1842. Oxford University Press, 2001.

Margaret Belcher (18 September 1936 – 29 November 2016) was a New Zealand literary scholar who was a specialist in the literary output of Augustus Pugin, whose letters she edited in five volumes.

Early life

Margaret Belcher was born on 18 September 1936 in

St Hugh's College, Oxford from 1958 to 1960 before returning to what had become in her absence the University of Canterbury where she completed her doctorate.[1] The title of her doctoral thesis was A study of Contrasts and other writings of A.W.N. Pugin in relation to the mediaevalist tradition in Victorian literature : together with a bibliography of publications by and about him.[2]

Career

Belcher joined the staff of the University of Canterbury in 1962, eventually becoming senior lecturer in the English department. She was a specialist in the literary output of

Victoria & Albert Museum for their Pugin exhibition that year. The piece brought her to the attention of British Pugin enthusiasts who formed The Pugin Society in 1995.[1] Belcher often supplied articles for the society's journal, True Principles.[3]

Death

Belcher died on 29 November 2016. She was unmarried and was survived by her brother and sister.[1]

Selected publications

  • A History of Rangi-Ruru School. Rangi-Ruru Presbyterian Girls' School, New Zealand, 1964.
  • A.W.N. Pugin: an annotated critical bibliography. Mansell, London and New York, 1987.
  • The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin; Volume 1: 1830-1842. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001.
  • The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin; Volume 2: 1843-1845. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003.
  • The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin; Volume 3: 1846-1848. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009.
  • The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin; Volume 4: 1849-1850. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012.
  • The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin; Volume 5: 1851-1852. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015.
    ISBN 9780198713913

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Margaret Belcher, Pugin expert – obituary. The Telegraph, 24 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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  3. ^ a b Margaret Belcher: A Tribute from the Pugin Society. Pugin Society. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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