# David Nokes

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'''David Nokes''' [FRSL](/source/FRSL) (11 March 1948 – 19 November 2009) was a scholar of 18th-century English literature known for his biographies of [Jonathan Swift](/source/Jonathan_Swift), [John Gay](/source/John_Gay), [Jane Austen](/source/Jane_Austen), and [Samuel Johnson](/source/Samuel_Johnson).  He also penned screenplays, including a BBC adaptation of [Samuel Richardson](/source/Samuel_Richardson)'s novel ''[Clarissa](/source/Clarissa%3B_or%2C_The_History_of_a_Young_Lady)'' (1991) and an adaptation of [Anne Brontë](/source/Anne_Bront%C3%AB)'s novel ''[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall](/source/The_Tenant_of_Wildfell_Hall)'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brant |first=Clare |date=2009-12-07 |title=David Nokes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/07/david-nokes-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=2016-12-11 |archive-date=2017-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090755/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/dec/07/david-nokes-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref>  He was also a leading reviewer for ''[The Times Literary Supplement](/source/The_Times_Literary_Supplement)'' and the ''[London Review of Books](/source/London_Review_of_Books)''.<ref name="The Sunday Times Obituary">{{Cite web |date=2009-12-03 |title=Professor David Nokes: writer and scholar of the 18th century |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6941435.ece |website=The Sunday Times |access-date=2010-07-07 |archive-date=2010-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523231744/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6941435.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nokes attended [King's College School](/source/King's_College_School), Wimbledon, London.  He received an MA from [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1974.<ref name="The Sunday Times Obituary" />  He started teaching at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London) in 1973, was elevated to reader in 1986, and was promoted to Professor of English Literature in 1998.<ref name="The Sunday Times Obituary" />

In 1994, he was elected a fellow of the [Royal Society of Literature](/source/Royal_Society_of_Literature).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Society of Literature All Fellows |url=http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305070326/http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows |archive-date=5 March 2010 |access-date=10 August 2010 |publisher=Royal Society of Literature}}</ref>

==Books==

*''Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed'' (1985)
*''Raillery and Rage: A Study of Eighteenth Century Satire'' (1987)
*''John Gay: A Profession of Friendship'' (1995)
*''Jane Austen: A Life'' (1997)
*''The Nightingale Papers'' (2001)
*''[Samuel Johnson: A Life](/source/Samuel_Johnson%3A_A_Life)'' (2009)

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Category:James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients
Category:20th-century British biographers

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