David McLintock
David McLintock MA, DLit | |
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| Born | 17 November 1930 |
| Died | 16 October 2003 (aged 72) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | University Lecturer, Translator |
| Title | Reader in German |
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| Notable students | John le Carré |
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David Robert McLintock (17 November 1930 – 16 October 2003) was a British academic and translator. A pre-eminent scholar of Old High German language and literature, who taught in Oxford and London, he later became a prize-winning translator, noted for helping to establish the reputation of the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard in the English-speaking world.