Janus: Papers of Norman Brooke Jopson

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Papers of Norman Brooke Jopson

Title	Papers of Norman Brooke Jopson
Reference	GBR/0275/Jopson
Creator	Norman Brooke Jopson (1890-1969)
Covering Dates	1920–1965 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	7 items; paper
Repository	St John's College Library

Content and context

Philologist. Jopson came to St John's in 1909 to study for the Modern and Medieval Languages and Oriental Languages Triposes, graduating in 1912. After war service and work in the Foreign Office, he was appointed Comparative Reader at the School of Slavonic Studies, University of London, in 1923. During the Second Wolrd War, Jopson was head of the Department of Uncommon Languages. From 1937 to 1954 he was Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Cambridge. He was a Fellow of St John's College from 1937 until his death in 1969.

Typescripts.

Access and Use

Please cite as St John's College Library, Papers of Norman Brooke Jopson

St John's Library/Jopson contains:

Box 1

Typescripts.
Creator: N.B. Jopson.
6 items; paper.

1920–1965

U.36

Typescript 'History of the Uncommon Language Department (London and Liverpool) 1939-1945'. Dated July 1945.
Creator: N.B. Jopson.
150p; paper.

July 1945