Ron Bates

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Biography

Ronald Gordon Nudell Bates, a poet, literary critic and Professor of English was born in Regina Saskatchewan in 1924. He earned a BA (1948), at Victoria College, University of Toronto, and MA and PhD also from the University of Toronto. The subject of his doctoral thesis was James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. His teaching career was spent at the University of Upsala (Sweden), the University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. A member of P.E.N., selected publications of his poetry include The Wandering World (1959), The Unimaginable Circus; Theatre and Zoo (privately printed, 1965), and Changes (1968), and his poems have appeared in various periodicals. He is also the co-editor of works of criticism on Erik Lindegren and James Joyce, and the author of critical articles published in journals and a biography of Northrop Frye (1971). Married to Kirsti Helen Möttönen; his three children are Kaarina Anne, Peter Gerald and Liisa Lydia.

Scope and Content:

The fonds consists of typescripts of the poetry collections "The Wandering World", [ca. 1959] and "Changes", 1968

Source of Supplied Title Title based on contents of the fonds Immediate Source of Acquisition Acquired ca. 1978 from Ronald Bates

Finding Aids Box/file list available. Accruals No further accruals are expected Access Points Provenance access points: Bates, Ronald Gordon Nudell, 1924 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria University Library Special Collections, Fonds #01, Title Ronald Bates fonds, Dates of Creation [ca. 1959]-1968 Physical Description 12 cm. of textual records

• Personal knowledge, Liisa Carbone; Canadian Passport for RGN Bates issued 14 Jun 1941, Bates Family Documents, privately held by Liisa Carbone 2017;