Please answer the following question: What key details about dorothy knowles -lrb- academic -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: dorothy knowles , -lrb- born 28 march 1906 in johannesburg , died 10 november 2010 -rrb- , was a british academic , known to her friends as diana . she was noted for her research into french drama . she taught at liverpool university from 1934 to 1967 . she was also an accomplished fencer . knowles is known to historians of british cinema for her 1934 book '' the censor , the drama and the film '' , in which she criticised the british board of film censors for what she regarded as unaccountable political censorship . in 1989 she published a study of the work of the playwright armand gatti .
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- years active is 1934 to 2010- death date is 10 november 2010- spouse is john stephenson spink- birth date is 28 march 1906- name is dorothy knowles- death place is london , uk- birth place is johannesburg , south africa- occupation is academic and fencer