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Archive Collection description: JOP
Jopson Collection (1935)
Norman Brooke Jopson (1890-1969) was born in Leeds. He gained a first in
French and German from Cambridge University and went to Vienna University
for further study where his interest in Slavic languages began. He then
spent some time in Prague learning Czech and was in St Petersburg
learning Russian when the First World War began. On returning to Britain,
Jopson was recruited by the Government for work in Postal Censorship. He
spent the war in this and other Government departments. This experience
allowed him to widen his knowledge of languages. After the war he joined
the Foreign Office. In 1922 he left Government service to become Reader
in Comparative Philology at SSEES. He left SSEES in 1937 to take up an
appointment as the first holder of the Professorship in Comparative
Philology at Cambridge. In 1939 Jopson was recalled by the Government to
work in Postal Censorship again. He became head of the Uncommon Languages
Division. In 1945 he returned to Cambridge where he remained for the rest
of his life. After his retirement in 1955 he gave a number of overseas
lectures. Jopson published little, concentrating instead on learning
languages and teaching.
Ref: "Slavonic and East European Review" vol 47, no 109, 1969, pp 303-307
Contents
Correspondence and bills from Werner Söderström Oy, Helsinki and Tallinna Eesti Kirjandud-Ühisus, Tallinn, about the purchase of Finnish and Estonian books respectively.1935
1 envelope
(Language) English & Estonian & Finnish
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