Edward L. Surtz, SJ (1909–1973) was a professor at

Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic Church, ...

and, at the time of his death, rector of the Jesuit house at the university.

Life

Surtz was born in

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, on July 5, 1909. After graduating B.A. from John Carrol University in 1931, Surtz joined the

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and went on to study at

Xavier University Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier had an enrollment of approximately 5,600 undergraduate an ...

, graduating M.A. in 1934. "The Religious Aspect of the Poetry of Gerald Manley Hopkins" was his master thesis. He was ordained as a priest in 1942, and obtained a doctorate in English from

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in 1948. In 1954 he was awarded a

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. A

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in his honour was published as the November 1971 issue of ''

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'', edited by

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. He died on January 18, 1973, as the result of a cycling accident in

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Books

*''The Praise of Pleasure: Philosophy, Education and Communism in More's Utopia'' (Harvard University Press, 1957). *''The Praise of Wisdom: A Commentary on the Religious and Moral Problems and Backgrounds of St. Thomas More's Utopia'' (Loyola University Press, 1957). *

Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More The ''Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More'' is the standard scholarly edition of the works of Thomas More, published by Yale University Press. The first of the fifteen volumes to be published (volume 2) appeared in 1963, and the ...

, Volume 4: ''

Utopia A utopia ( ) typically describes an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book ''Utopia (book), Utopia'', which describes a fictiona ...

''. Edited by Edward Surtz S.J. and J. H. Hexter. (Yale University Press, 1965). *''The Works and Days of John Fisher'' (Harvard University Press, 1967).

Commemoration

A Surtz Prize is awarded at Loyola each year to "a graduating senior who has excelled as a student and scholar of English literature".Surtz Prize
Consulted 23 April 2014.

References

External links

Edward L. Surtz, SJ, Papers
Loyola University. Consulted 23 April 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Surtz, Edward 1909 births 1973 deaths 20th-century American Jesuits Loyola University Chicago faculty Harvard University alumni John Carroll University alumni Xavier University alumni