Roy Ridley

Maurice Roy Ridley (January 25, 1890 - June 12, 1969) was a writer and poet, Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford.

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Dorothy L. Sayers based the physical description of her fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey on that of Ridley after having seen him read his poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July of 1913. (The poem went on to win the Newdigate Prize.)

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Ridley spent a year as a visiting professor at Bowdoin College. He is the author of Studies in Three Literatures : English, Latin, Greek Contrasts and Comparisons (ISBN 0-31-320189-7).

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January 25: January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 340 days remaining (341 in leap years)....

1890: 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar)....

June 12: June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining....

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