Molly Maureen Mahood (17 June 1919 – 14 February 2017) was a British literary scholar, whose interests ranged from Shakespeare to postcolonial African literature.
[1][2][3] Having retired in 1979, she was made Professor Emeritus by Kent and she maintained her links with the university into old age.
Notable former students of hers include Robert Mugabe (President of Zimbabwe), Abiola Irele (Nigerian literary scholar), and Wole Soyinka (Nobel prizewinner).
[1] Her funeral was held on 3 March 2017 at Clayton Wood Natural Burial Ground near Hassocks, Sussex, England.
[6][7] In 2009, she was awarded the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize by the British Academy for The Poet as Botanist.