Gregory Dart

Professor Gregory Dart is a faculty member at University College London's Department of English Language and Literature. A scholar of British Romanticism and urban culture, he has published extensively on Charles and Mary Lamb, William Hazlitt, and Thomas De Quincey. His work bridges literary studies, historical analysis, and cultural theory, with a focus on metropolitan themes and essayistic forms.

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge (1996)
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge (1989)

His research examines the intersection of Romanticism and urban experience, including the influence of the French Revolution on literary discourse, the role of cityscapes in shaping imagination, and the legacy of essayists like Hazlitt and Lamb. He has co-edited collections on urban dreaming and debtors' prisons, and currently leads a multi-volume edition of Lamb's works for Oxford University Press.

Recent publications analyze Romantic literary lectures, urban daydreaming, and Cockney School aesthetics. He chairs the Hazlitt Society and is an active member of the Lamb Society, maintaining editorial and critical connections to Romantic-era writers.