Edgar Allison Peers

Edgar Allison Peers (7 May 1891 – 21 December 1952), also known by his pseudonym Bruce Truscot, was an English Hispanist and education management scholar.

In 1910 he gained a second-class honours BA in English and French, an external degree of the University of London, and in 1912 he took a first in the medieval and modern languages tripos at Cambridge.

[1] At Liverpool, Peers lectured and published prolifically in Spanish Studies, attending conferences and visiting schools.

[3] The work being of a controversial nature, Peers wrote it under the pseudonym "Bruce Truscot" and kept the identity of the author a secret.

Peers published a number of translations of Spanish works, including the complete writings of St John of the Cross (in three volumes, 1934–5) and St Teresa of Ávila (five volumes in total, including her Letters, 1946–51), as well as translations and a 1929 biography of Ramon Llull.

The Victoria Building of the University of Liverpool was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened in 1892. Like many Victorian university buildings, it is built of red bricks.