BLNA, 1995-02 : Green, V. H. H. (Vivian Hubert Howard), 1915-
Internet, alt.obituaries, 2005-01-28
Information trouvée : Vivian Green, a religious historian at Oxford University who was an inspiration for
John le Carre's fictional spymaster George Smiley, died Jan. 18, according to a death
notice in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. He was 89. Ordained in the Church of England,
Green was a scholarly yet approachable figure who wrote widely. He spent most of his
academic career at Lincoln College, Oxford, and served as rector from 1983 to 1987.
Writing in the college newsletter in 1995, Le Carre identified Green as one of the
inspirations for Smiley
The madness of kings : personal trauma and the fate of nations / Vivian Green, 1993