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Roma Gill OBE, M.A. Cantab., BLitt. Oxon. (29 September 1934 – 3 August 2001) was a British academic, writer and noted scholar on the works of Shakespeare and Marlowe. She edited more than 30 texts including three in the Oxford School Marlowe series and twenty-one in the Oxford School Shakespeare series, making these works more accessible to younger students. In addition, Gill was a prolific author of scholarly articles and reviews who during her prolific lecturing career inspired her many students with her passion for 16th-century literature. In her later life she developed multiple sclerosis which caused her great pain and disabled her to the extent she couldn't move and had to dictate the notes for her books.