</s> ▁Statistics ▁of ▁Lat v ian ▁High er ▁League ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁season . ▁ ▁Over view ▁It ▁was ▁cont ested ▁by ▁ 1 4 ▁teams , ▁and ▁E SR ▁won ▁the ▁championship . ▁ ▁League ▁stand ings ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁R SS SF ▁ ▁Category : Lat v ian ▁SS R ▁High er ▁League ▁Football ▁ ▁Lat via <0x0A> </s> ▁Alan ▁Hol mes ▁D ent ▁( 7 ▁January ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁– ▁ 1 9 ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 8 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Scottish ▁journalist , ▁editor ▁and ▁writer . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Alan ▁D ent ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁May bo le , ▁A yr shire , ▁Scotland , ▁of ▁English ▁parents . ▁He ▁lost ▁his ▁mother ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁two ▁years ▁old . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Car rick ▁Academy ▁and ▁Glasgow ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁study ▁medicine ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 6 , ▁but ▁later ▁switched ▁to ▁French , ▁English ▁and ▁Italian . ▁He ▁left ▁the ▁university ▁without ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁heading ▁for ▁London . ▁ ▁Career ▁D ent ▁approached ▁the ▁critic ▁James ▁Ag ate ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁becoming ▁his ▁secretary , ▁and ▁was ▁appointed . ▁He ▁remained ▁with ▁Ag ate ▁for ▁ 1 4 ▁years . ▁Later ▁in ▁Ag ate ' s ▁E go ▁volumes ▁of ▁di aries ▁and ▁letters ▁D ent ▁was , ▁according ▁to ▁John ▁G iel g ud , ▁called ▁" J ock ". ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Second ▁World