Angus McIntosh was born on 10 January 1914 in Cleadon, County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor. He was married to Karina Williamson and Barbara Bainbridge. He died on 26 October 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Karina Williamson1988 - October 26, 2005 (his death)
Other works
He held the following positions: Lecturer, Department of English, University College, Swansea 1938-46; Lecturer in Mediaeval English, Oxford University 1946-48; Lecturer in English, Christ Church, Oxford 1946-47, Student 1947-48; Forbes Professor of English Language and General Linguistics, Edinburgh University 1948-64, Forbes Professor of English Language 1964-79 (Emeritus), Honorary Consultant, Institute for Historical Dialectology (formerly Gayre Institute for Medieval English and Scottish Dialectology) 1986-2005; President, Scottish Text Society 1977-89, Honorary President 1989-2005; FRSE 1978; Director, Middle English Dialect Atlas Project 1979-86; FBA 1989; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of English Language, Glasgow University 1993-2005.
He was once the squash partner of J.R.R. Tolkien and jokingly claimed he was
due part royalties as Tolkien began writing when he was laid up with a
squash injury.