As per our current Database, Nevill Coghill has been died on 30 November, 1979 at 1980.
When Nevill Coghill die, Nevill Coghill was 81 years old.
| Popular As | Nevill Coghill |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Age | 81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | April 19, 1899 (Castletownshend, County Cork, Ireland) |
| Birthday | April 19 |
| Town/City | Castletownshend, County Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Ireland |
Nevill Coghill’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Nevill Coghill was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
Irish-born writer Nevill Coghill's much admired theatrical productions in England had an indirect influence on Great Britain's film industry, through those actors and artisans that worked under him before successfully moving from stage to screen.
But there were direct actions, as well. A working relationship with Richard Burton led Coghill to adapt Christopher Marlowe's play, co-direct with Burton, and cameo in the 1967 film, Doctor Faustus (1967).
After Coghill served in World War I, he turned to reading English at Exeter College, Oxford, England, where he became a Fellow in 1924. His personal faith was a major influence on a friend from his undergraduate days, atheist turned theological author C.
S. Lewis, and it was Lewis who later invited him to join the Inklings - that informal gathering of literary minds co-founded by Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams. While participating in Exeter College's Essay Club, Coghill heard Tolkien recite 'The Fall of Gondolin' from "The Silmarillion".
Nevill Coghill served as Professor of English Literature at Oxford from 1957 till 1966. He made literary history by translating Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" into Modern English couplets.
