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Charles Edwyn Vaughan
1854–1922
A thoughtful literary scholar who moved easily between English criticism and political philosophy, he is best remembered for work that helped readers return to Rousseau and the Romantic writers with fresh attention.
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English literary criticism
by Charles Edwyn Vaughan
About the author
Born on 10 February 1854 and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he built a career as a British academic whose main fields were English literature and political thought. He later became Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds, where his teaching and scholarship connected literary study with larger moral and political questions.
His published work ranged widely. He wrote on English literary criticism and tragic drama, and he also became known for editing and translating major works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, including The Social Contract. That combination of literary and philosophical interests gives his writing a distinctive breadth.
He died on 8 October 1922. Reliable sources located for this overview confirm his career and areas of study, but I did not find a suitable verified portrait image to include.