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'''Peter Chad Tigar Levi''', [[Fellow of the Society Antiquaries|FSA]], [[FRSL]], (16 May 1931 – 1 February 2000), Professor of Poetry, [[University of Oxford]] (1984-89)  was a poet, Jesuit priest, archaeologist, travel writer, biographer, scholar and prolific reviewer and critic.

'''Peter Chad Tigar Levi''', [[Fellow of the Society Antiquaries|FSA]], [[FRSL]], (16 May 1931 – 1 February 2000), Professor of Poetry, [[University of Oxford]] (1984–89)  was a poet, Jesuit priest, archaeologist, travel writer, biographer, scholar and prolific reviewer and critic.

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==

Levi was born in [[Ruislip]], [[Middlesex]]  of parents with [[Mediterranean]] ancestry. The family of his father (Herbert Simon Levi) came from [[Istanbul]] and that of his mother (Edith Mary Tigar) from [[Spain]]. His mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic]] and his [[Jewish]] father converted to that religion; their three children all entered [[religious orders]].

Levi was born in [[Ruislip]], [[Middlesex]]  of parents with [[Mediterranean]] ancestry. The family of his father (Herbert Simon Levi) came from [[Istanbul]] and that of his mother (Edith Mary Tigar) from [[Spain]]. His mother was a devout [[Roman Catholic]] and his [[Jewish]] father converted to that religion; their three children all entered [[religious orders]].

He was educated in private Catholic establishments starting at [[Prior Park]] near [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], run by the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|Christian Brothers]]. When he was 14 [[Oscar Wilde]] had become his literary idol. Wilde had said that ''the Greek text of the Gospels was the most beautiful book in the world''<ref name="kronos">Levi, Peter. (1980) ''The Hill of Kronos''.</ref>, so a school with more Greek was demanded and he changed schools to Beaumont College, a Jesuit school near Windsor. While at Beaumont, at the age of 17 he joined the [[Society of Jesus]] as a novitiate, he was to remain a Jesuit until he resigned the priesthood 29 years later in 1977. Levi trained for the priesthood at [[Heythrop College]] and read Classics at [[Campion Hall]]. During his teenage years he suffered from [[polio]] and as an undergraduate was knocked down by a car &ndash; the after-effects of these were to affect him throughout his life.

He was educated in private Catholic establishments starting at [[Prior Park]] near [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], run by the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|Christian Brothers]]. When he was 14 [[Oscar Wilde]] had become his literary idol. Wilde had said that ''the Greek text of the Gospels was the most beautiful book in the world'',<ref name="kronos">Levi, Peter. (1980) ''The Hill of Kronos''.</ref> so a school with more Greek was demanded and he changed schools to Beaumont College, a Jesuit school near Windsor. While at Beaumont, at the age of 17 he joined the [[Society of Jesus]] as a novitiate, he was to remain a Jesuit until he resigned the priesthood 29 years later in 1977. Levi trained for the priesthood at [[Heythrop College]] and read Classics at [[Campion Hall]]. During his teenage years he suffered from [[polio]] and as an undergraduate was knocked down by a car &ndash; the after-effects of these were to affect him throughout his life.

Whilst at Heythrop, then a country house near [[Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire|Chipping Norton]] in [[Oxfordshire]], he was not the most ruly of seminarians, this and possible doubts his vocation, led to his ordination being delayed for a year:

Whilst at Heythrop, then a country house near [[Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire|Chipping Norton]] in [[Oxfordshire]], he was not the most ruly of seminarians, this and possible doubts his vocation, led to his ordination being delayed for a year:

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