Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL, (16 May 1931, Ruislip

Ruislip

Ruislip is a suburban area, centred on an old village in Greater London, and is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.It was formerly also a parish covering the neighbouring areas of Eastcote, Northwood, Ruislip Manor and South Ruislip in the area. The parish appears in the Domesday Book, and...

 – 1 February 2000, Frampton-on-Severn

Frampton-on-Severn

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), Professor of Poetry

Oxford Professor of Poetry

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 at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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 (1984–1989) was a poet

Poet

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, archaeologist, sometime Jesuit priest

Priest

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, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic

Critic

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Levi was born in Ruislip

Ruislip

Ruislip is a suburban area, centred on an old village in Greater London, and is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.It was formerly also a parish covering the neighbouring areas of Eastcote, Northwood, Ruislip Manor and South Ruislip in the area. The parish appears in the Domesday Book, and...

, Middlesex

Middlesex

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 of parents with Mediterranean ancestry. The family of his father (Herbert Simon Levi) came from Istanbul

Istanbul

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 and that of his mother (Edith Mary Tigar) from Spain

Spain

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