Douglas MacDowell then moved into academia and was a lecturer at the University of Manchester.
13 Facts About Douglas MacDowell
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Douglas MacDowell was brought up as an only child in London, England.
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Douglas MacDowell was educated Elgin Academy, Moray and Madras College, St Andrews and then at Highgate School in London.
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Douglas MacDowell applied to the University of Oxford, against the wishes of his school, and won a place.
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Douglas MacDowell's tutors included W S Watt, Kenneth Dover and Russell Meiggs.
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Douglas MacDowell achieved a first class in both Mods and Greats, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954.
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Douglas MacDowell was originally discouraged from entering academia and so he sat the civil service exam: he failed the interview section.
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Douglas MacDowell was promoted to lecturer in 1961, senior lecturer in 1968 and reader in 1970.
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Douglas MacDowell was a visiting fellow at Merton College, Oxford in 1969.
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In 1971, at the age of 40, Douglas MacDowell was selected as the next Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow.
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Douglas MacDowell introduced courses on Ancient Greek civilisation which did not require knowledge of the language and the teaching of ancient Greek from scratch.
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Douglas MacDowell was chair of the Classical Association of Scotland from 1976 to 1982.
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In 1991 Douglas MacDowell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy.