"The desert is not an island: the island is not enchanted: and the desert is no habitation for men."
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Archaeologists from EnglandJews from the United KingdomPoets from EnglandUniversity of Oxford faculty
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Peter Levi
Peter Chad Tigar Levi (16 May 1931 – 1 February 2000) was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Born Jewish, he became a Jesuit priest but later renounced his vows to marry. He was also an archaeologist, travel writer, biographer, scholar and prolific reviewer and critic.
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