Molly Maureen Mahood was a British literary scholar, whose interests ranged from Shakespeare to postcolonial African literature.
12 Facts About Molly Mahood
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Molly Mahood taught at St Hugh's College, Oxford, the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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The daughter of James Mahood, CBE, assistant paymaster-general, Molly Mahood was born on 17 June 1919 in Wimbledon, London, England.
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Molly Mahood was educated at Surbiton High School, an all-girls private school in Kingston upon Thames, London.
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Molly Mahood studied English at King's College, London, and graduated with a first-class honours degree in 1941.
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Molly Mahood continued her studies and completed a Master of Arts degree with a dissertation on 17th-century comedy.
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From 1947 to 1954, Mahood was a Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford, then an all-female college of the University of Oxford.
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Molly Mahood then moved to Nigeria where she became professor of English at the University of Ibadan.
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Molly Mahood returned to England and was appointed Professor of English Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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In retirement, Molly Mahood studied for and completed a degree in biological sciences.
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Molly Mahood's funeral was held on 3 March 2017 at Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground near Hassocks, Sussex, England.
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In 1972, Molly Mahood was selected to give the Annual Shakespeare Lecture at the British Academy, the United Kingdoms national academy for the humanities and social sciences.