Author: Molly Maureen Mahood
Alternate names: M.M. Mahood
Born: 17 June 1919
Died: 14 February 2017
Bio: **Molly Maureen Mahood** (17 June 1919 – 14 February 2017), published as **M. M. Mahood**, was a British literary scholar, whose interests ranged from Shakespeare to postcolonial African literature. She taught at St Hugh's College, Oxford (1947–1954), the University of Ibadan in Nigeria (1954–1963), the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (1963–1967), and the University of Kent at Canterbury (1967–1979).