Glenn Black

This article is about the English professor. For the American archaeologist, see Glenn Albert Black.

Lauchlann Glenn Black (died 12 January 2024)^[1] was a literature scholar.^[2] He was Tutor in English Literature and Senior Subject Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford.^[3] He taught the main period papers (1500-1832). Black held a master's degree, (M.A.) and a doctorate (D.Phil.), taking his Bachelor's (B.A.) in Cape Town. He was Junior Proctor 1985–1986, Chairman of the General Board 1996–1999, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) 2000-2002 and a former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. His research interests lay in Renaissance poetry and rhetoric and manuscript circulation.