Peter Hobley Davison OBE (10 September 1926 – 16 August 2022) was a British professor of English and an authority on the life and works of George Orwell.
[1] Born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 September 1926,[2] he worked in the Crown Film Unit and served in the Navy during the Second World War.
[7] In 1998, assisted by his wife, Sheila Davison, and Ian Angus[8] he edited the 20-volume The Complete Works of George Orwell (Secker & Warburg, 1998).
[9] In 2012 Davison announced the launch of The Orwell Society[10] and was made an honorary founding member the following year.
[16] The collection includes material relating to his books, correspondence with publishers, and photocopies of Orwell's work which have been annotated by Davison.