Randolph Quirk - Summer School of English

Summer School of English

One of Quirk's favourite enterprises was the "London University Summer School of English", where the above-mentioned colleagues and other budding leading scholars and friends of his came to teach for a month. It was considered the most eminent body of English teachers anywhere in the world. The resident students were foreign academics, teachers, and students. He threw himself into the social life with gusto and enjoyed singing Victorian ballads over a "couple of pints" with a Cockney accent. When the School moved away from Queen Elizabeth College to New Cross, numbers fell rapidly. The next and last successful Director was the phonetician J D O'Connor.