Hugo Anthony Meynell
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Hugo Anthony Meynell (23 March 1936 – 1 October 2021)[1] was an English academic and author.
Born in Meynell Langley, Derbyshire, England, half a year after the death of his father, Captain Godfrey Meynell, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for action against Afghan raiders in India's Khyber Pass,[2] Hugo grew up as a member of an English family which arrived in England with the Norman conquest of England.[3] His mother was Sophia Patricia (but known as Jill) née Lowis.
He was educated at Eton and at King's College at the University of Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD. After completing his graduate work Dr. Meynell taught at the University of Leeds before moving to the University of Calgary in 1981. He wrote thirteen academic books[4] and numerous peer reviewed articles as well as regular book reviews in the Heythrop Journal and similar publications.[5]
He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1993,[6] and is listed in the Canadian Who's Who.[7]
