Peter Bayley (scholar of French literature)
Peter Bayley | |
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| Born | 20 November 1944 Redruth, Cornwall |
| Died | 10 April 2018 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | British |
| Partner | Angus Bowie |
| Awards | Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Redruth Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | French literature |
| Sub-discipline | 17th-century French literature, sermons and essays |
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Peter James Bayley (20 November 1944 – 10 April 2018) was a British scholar of French literature, specialising in 17th-century French literature, sermons and essays. He was Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge from 1985 to 2011, and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1971 until his death.