A. Norman Jeffares

Alexander Norman "Derry" Jeffares AM (/ˈdʒɛfəz/, 11 August 1920 – 1 June 2005) was an Irish literary scholar.

In 1951, at the very early age of 30, he was appointed to the Jury Chair of English at the University of Adelaide, where he stayed until taking up the Chair of English at the University of Leeds in 1957.

A specialist interest throughout his career was the life and works of W. B. Yeats, a subject upon which he was considered a leading authority.

[3] He was the founder of the York Notes series of revision guides, which are still widely used by GCSE and A-Level students.

In 1978, he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.