Charlotte Jolles

Charlotte Jolles
Born October 5, 1909
Berlin
Died December 31, 2003
Camden, London
Nationality Germany

Professor Charlotte Jolles or Charlotte Alice Bertha Eva Jolles (October 5, 1909 – December 31, 2003) was an Anglo-German literary scholar. She was an enthusiast and expert on the realist writer Theodor Fontane.

Life

Jolles was born in Berlin in 1909. Jolles wrote a Phd theseis in 1937 which was accepted and never published because the subject matter was not politically acceptable and Jolles was deemed half-Jewish. Her study concerned the German novelist Theodor Fontane. Jolles arrived in London in 1939 on a temporary visa. She worked with the children of refugees before she started teaching German at Watford Girls Grammar School.[1]

Jolles became a British citizen in 1946. She rose to be a Professor at Birkbeck College in 1974.[1] Jolles resigned in 1977 as a Professor emeritus to undertake research.[2]

Jolles died in Camden, London in 2003.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Helen Chambers, ‘Jolles, Charlotte Alice Berta Eva (1909–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2007; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 8 Sept 2015
  2. 1 2 Charlotte Jolles, Obituary, The Guardian, Retrieved 7 September 2015


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