About Our Guest Speaker:  William (Bill) Whitla is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar of York University, specializing in the literature and culture of Victorian Britain, but also in medieval and Renaissance studies. He holds graduate degrees in English and Theology from Toronto and a D. Phil. in English from Oxford, and has lectured in Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and Japan. He published books on Robert Browning, Victorian periodicals, the study of English, critical thinking and writing, Victorian biblical controversies,…