Maurice Roy Ridley (January 25, 1890 - June 12, 1969) was a writer and poet, Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford. roy ridley, whose appearance dorothy l. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Jack Hawkins Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

Dorothy L. Sayers based the physical description of her fictional character Lord Peter Wimsey on that of Ridley after having seen him read his poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July of 1913. (The poem went on to win the Newdigate Prize.) Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 – Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ... Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. ... Sir Roger Newdigates Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has not yet been in attendance at Oxford for four years since his or her date of admittance. ...

Ridley spent a year as a visiting professor at Bowdoin College. He is the author of Studies in Three Literatures : English, Latin, Greek Contrasts and Comparisons (ISBN 0-31-320189-7). Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1794, located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. ...

Ridley was also reputedly the only priest of the Church of England ever to celebrate mass while wearing a monocle. Canadian author Robertson Davies refers to a cocktail (sherry with "a generous dollop" of gin) he drank at Balliol College, Oxford as "a Roy Ridley special." Joseph Chamberlain wearing a monocle A monocle is a type of corrective lens, descended from the Quizzing glasses of the 1700s, used to correct the vision in only one eye. ... Robertson Davies in 1984 William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913 at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. ... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Jack Hawkins Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...