Blake R. Nevius; Author, Ex-UCLA Professor

Blake Reynolds Nevius, 78, a retired UCLA English professor and author of many books on Victorian and American literature, among them “Edith Wharton: A Study of Her Fiction.” He was a former editor of the publication Nineteenth Century Literature and a founding member of the Library of America and the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation. Through the foundation Nevius was credited with bringing a new gallery to the Huntington Library. He came to UCLA in 1947 and retired in 1983. In Sherman Oaks on Oct. 20 following heart surgery.