Hulcoop, John F., 1930- : Scholar, critic, editor and poet John Hulcoop was born in London, England in 1930, and pursued his education at University College London. Hulcoop immigrated to Canada in the 1950s and began teaching in the English department at the University of British Columbia, where he is now Professor Emeritus. A 19th century scholar by training, Hulcoop has written on both the novel and the long poem, and has published works on Robert Browning, George Eliot, Truman Capote, and Virginia Woolf. As an editor and critic of Phyllis Webb's work, he edited and wrote the introduction to Phyllis Webb's "Selected Poems of Phyllis Webb, 1954-65" (Talonbooks, 1971) and published "Phyllis Webb and Her Works" (ECW Press, 1990). John Hulcoop has also maintained a long friendship with Phyllis Webb. During his college days at University College London, Hulcoop met Jane Rule resulting in another important friendship. As a critic, Hulcoop pursued a critical interest in Timothy Findley and produced the first major critical essay on Findley's work for "Canadian Literature" (Winter 1981). As an editor and poet he has come into contact with a number of other Canadian writers and has produced two works of poetry, "Three Ring Circus Songs" (Talonbooks, 1968) and "Untuning the Sky" (Pamina Publishing, 2000). John Hulcoop lives and works in Vancouver.