E. M. W Tillyard

Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard OBE (1889–1962) was an English classical and literary scholar, born in Cambridge, educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and served as its Master from 1945 to 1959.[1][2] He worked briefly as an archaeologist in Athens before returning to lecture at Cambridge and becoming a key figure in the Cambridge School of English.[2] Renowned for his works on Shakespeare and Milton, including the influential The Elizabethan World Picture (1943), which emphasized the 'chain of being' in Elizabethan thought.[1][2]