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47:. She edited more than 30 texts including three in the Oxford School Marlowe series and twenty-one in the Oxford School Shakespeare series, making these works more accessible to younger students. In addition, Gill was a prolific author of scholarly articles and reviews who during her prolific lecturing career inspired her many students with her passion for 16th-century literature. In her later life she developed 211:(1967) in addition to a one-volume of Marlowe's complete plays (1971). She was a prominent member of The Marlowe Society of America, and since her death the Society has awarded the Roma Gill Prize every two years for the best new work in Marlowe studies. 566: 171:. Here she was the only female lecturer in the department before becoming Reader in English Literature in 1979. Despite being in great pain and having limited mobility because of her illness, Gill travelled around the world, from 22: 199:. She was general editor of the Oxford University Press Works (1987–98), for which she edited the first volume on the poems and translations. She also published editions of Marlowe's 227:. By this time she only had the use of her left hand and was permanently in a wheelchair; she was thus forced to dictate notes to a voice-activated computer. She was appointed 642: 637: 83:
and did not offer her a place; she was offered a scholarship by St Hilda's but opted instead to become one of 16 founding scholars reading English at
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for the University Actors Club. An enthusiastic horsewoman, Gill endured many falls leading to at least two incidences of
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which caused her great pain and disabled her to the extent she couldn't move and had to dictate the notes for her books.
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Gill was known for her general editorship of the Oxford School Shakespeare series and for her editions of the works of
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She retired from Sheffield in 1984 as her illness progressively worsened, and for a period she lived in
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where she attended Keighley Girls' Grammar School. She was coached by the teacher, poet and critic
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Roma Gill in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: Ancestry.com
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in addition to lecturing in New York, Berlin, New Orleans, Malta and Florida.
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in 1994 for services to literature, receiving her award from Elizabeth II at
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in Cameroon. Throughout this period Gill taught at summer schools at
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A Poet and a Filthy Play-maker: new essays on Christopher Marlowe
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Roma Gill: Scholar who opened up Shakespeare to the young
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she began to fall over, in 1965 being diagnosed with
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believed may have contributed to her later illness.
370:, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2005) 579: 87:where during her first week she was profiled in 25:Roma Gill - one of the 16 founding students of 643:People associated with York St John University 638:Officers of the Order of the British Empire 488: 486: 484: 482: 532: 530: 284:The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe 266:The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe 633:20th-century British non-fiction writers 613:Academics of the University of Sheffield 539:, The Marlowe Society of America website 510: 508: 468:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1990) 461:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1992) 454:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2002) 447:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1998) 440:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1996) 433:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1984) 426:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997) 419:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1994) 412:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1994) 405:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1986) 398:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1994) 391:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2001) 384:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2001) 377:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1994) 363:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2001) 356:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1999) 349:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1995) 342:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1999) 335:, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1998) 314:, London: Oxford University Press (1971) 307:, London: Oxford University Press (1967) 20: 479: 648:Neurological disease deaths in England 580: 527: 251: 505: 16:British academic and literary scholar 608:Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford 291:William Empson: The Man and His Work 286:(1995), IV. Oxford University Press. 275:, Ernest Benn Limited, London (1965) 549:Miss Roma Gill, Lecturer and Writer 13: 628:20th-century British women writers 328:, Oxford: Oxford University (1989) 300:, London : Ernest Benn (1965) 190: 155:between 1959 and 1963. In 1960 at 122: 14: 674: 663:British writers with disabilities 246:Murray Edwards College, Cambridge 312:The Plays of Christopher Marlowe 131:Gill studied for the degree of 658:People with multiple sclerosis 653:Deaths from multiple sclerosis 623:British women literary critics 560: 542: 214: 163:. From 1963 she taught at the 1: 603:Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge 472: 153:Kesteven College of Education 54: 321:, New York: AMS Press (1988) 261:, London: Ernest Benn (1968) 235:in her electric wheelchair. 147:(1957–59). Gill lectured at 7: 10: 679: 149:Ripon College of Education 145:St Hilda's College, Oxford 77:St Hilda's College, Oxford 73:Newnham College, Cambridge 459:A Midsummer Night's Dream 569:(subscription required) 466:The Taming of the Shrew 165:University of Sheffield 417:The Merchant of Venice 354:Much Ado About Nothing 30: 24: 598:People from Keighley 452:Love's Labour's Lost 424:Antony and Cleopatra 95:Cambridge University 71:for scholarships to 537:The Roma Gill Prize 524:, 20 September 2001 382:Measure for Measure 252:Select publications 197:Christopher Marlowe 185:Stratford-upon-Avon 127:On graduating from 115:, which her friend 85:New Hall, Cambridge 27:New Hall, Cambridge 618:Women anthologists 554:The London Gazette 514:Hobsbaum, Philip, 502:, 5 September 2001 368:Romeo & Juliet 259:Women Beware Women 238:Roma Gill died in 161:multiple sclerosis 49:multiple sclerosis 31: 516:Letter: Roma Gill 438:The Winter's Tale 242:in 2001 aged 66. 233:Buckingham Palace 99:student newspaper 59:Gill was born in 670: 572: 570: 564: 558: 551:, Supplement to 546: 540: 534: 525: 512: 503: 490: 280:The Jew of Malta 175:in Australia to 137:Philip Massinger 135:on the works of 678: 677: 673: 672: 671: 669: 668: 667: 578: 577: 576: 575: 568: 565: 561: 547: 543: 535: 528: 513: 506: 491: 480: 475: 431:Henry IV Part I 254: 217: 193: 191:Literary editor 125: 123:Academic career 117:Philip Hobsbaum 69:Philip Hobsbaum 57: 17: 12: 11: 5: 676: 666: 665: 660: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 595: 590: 574: 573: 559: 557:, 11 June 1994 541: 526: 504: 496:, Obituary in 477: 476: 474: 471: 470: 469: 462: 455: 448: 441: 434: 427: 420: 413: 406: 399: 396:As You Like It 392: 385: 378: 371: 364: 357: 350: 343: 336: 329: 322: 315: 308: 301: 298:Doctor Faustus 294: 287: 276: 273:Doctor Faustus 269: 262: 253: 250: 216: 213: 202:Doctor Faustus 192: 189: 169:William Empson 124: 121: 56: 53: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 675: 664: 661: 659: 656: 654: 651: 649: 646: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 616: 614: 611: 609: 606: 604: 601: 599: 596: 594: 591: 589: 586: 585: 583: 571: 563: 556: 555: 550: 545: 538: 533: 531: 523: 522: 517: 511: 509: 501: 500: 495: 489: 487: 485: 483: 478: 467: 463: 460: 456: 453: 449: 446: 442: 439: 435: 432: 428: 425: 421: 418: 414: 411: 407: 404: 403:Twelfth Night 400: 397: 393: 390: 386: 383: 379: 376: 372: 369: 365: 362: 361:Julius Caesar 358: 355: 351: 348: 344: 341: 337: 334: 330: 327: 323: 320: 316: 313: 309: 306: 302: 299: 295: 292: 288: 285: 281: 277: 274: 270: 267: 263: 260: 256: 255: 249: 247: 243: 241: 236: 234: 230: 226: 222: 212: 210: 209: 204: 203: 198: 188: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 141:Helen Gardner 138: 134: 130: 120: 118: 114: 110: 109: 104: 100: 96: 92: 91: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 35: 28: 23: 19: 562: 552: 544: 521:The Guardian 519: 499:The Guardian 497: 492:Heapy, Ron. 465: 458: 451: 444: 437: 430: 423: 416: 409: 402: 395: 388: 381: 374: 367: 360: 353: 346: 339: 332: 325: 318: 311: 304: 297: 290: 283: 279: 272: 265: 258: 244: 237: 218: 206: 200: 194: 126: 106: 103:Lady Macbeth 88: 81:F. R. Leavis 58: 33: 32: 18: 593:2001 deaths 588:1934 births 445:The Tempest 215:Later years 205:(1965) and 41:Shakespeare 582:Categories 473:References 340:Coriolanus 333:Richard II 113:concussion 55:Early life 375:King Lear 305:Edward II 240:Cambridge 225:Cambridge 208:Edward II 173:Woolagong 129:Cambridge 65:Yorkshire 34:Roma Gill 264:(ed.), 157:Kesteven 97:'s main 61:Keighley 464:(ed.), 457:(ed.), 450:(ed.), 443:(ed.), 436:(ed.), 429:(ed.), 422:(ed.), 415:(ed.), 408:(ed.), 401:(ed.), 394:(ed.), 389:Macbeth 387:(ed.), 380:(ed.), 373:(ed.), 366:(ed.), 359:(ed.), 352:(ed.), 347:Henry V 345:(ed.), 338:(ed.), 331:(ed.), 326:Othello 324:(ed.), 310:(ed.), 303:(ed.), 296:(ed.), 289:(ed.), 278:(ed.), 271:(ed.), 257:(ed.), 177:Yaounde 108:Macbeth 90:Varsity 45:Marlowe 29:in 1954 410:Hamlet 221:Oxford 181:Oxford 167:under 139:under 133:BLitt 183:and 151:and 75:and 43:and 229:OBE 143:at 105:in 63:in 37:OBE 584:: 529:^ 518:, 507:^ 481:^ 282:. 93:,

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New Hall, Cambridge
OBE
Shakespeare
Marlowe
multiple sclerosis
Keighley
Yorkshire
Philip Hobsbaum
Newnham College, Cambridge
St Hilda's College, Oxford
F. R. Leavis
New Hall, Cambridge
Varsity
Cambridge University
student newspaper
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
concussion
Philip Hobsbaum
Cambridge
BLitt
Philip Massinger
Helen Gardner
St Hilda's College, Oxford
Ripon College of Education
Kesteven College of Education
Kesteven
multiple sclerosis
University of Sheffield

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