George Lyman Kittredge '32, Gurney Professor of English Literature, yesterday received the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Oxford University in England. On Tuesday, May 10, he was honored at a luncheon given by the Pilgrim Society of London, which was presided over by the Duke of Connaught.

Professor Kittredge has received honorary degrees from seven colleges and universities, including degrees of Doctor of Literature from Harvard in 1907 and Yale in 1924. He graduated from Harvard with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1882, and has been on the teaching staff since 1888, where he has held the rank of assistant professor, or above, for 42 years.

In the Department of English he has held practically every possible position, and has served as chairman of the department; he has also served as chairman of the Division of Modern Languages, and chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature. The wide scope of his writings is noteworthy, covering the entire field of English Literature from Philological Studies of Norse and Old English down to modern grammar.

His works have included writings on English and Scottish Ballads, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Witchcraft in Old and New England, the Old Farmer and his Almanack, and many others, ranging through all periods of the language. He is a corresponding fellow of the British Academy, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, as well as being the recipient of many signal honors in this country.