Conveyor of tragedy in English university with final message before fateful day (9)
I believe the answer is:
euripides
'conveyor of tragedy' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'english university with final message before fateful day' is the wordplay.
'english university' becomes 'eu' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'final message' becomes 'rip' (abbreviation for Rest in Peace).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fateful day' becomes 'ides' (Julius Caesar was killed on the ides of March).
'eu'+'rip'+'ides'='EURIPIDES'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for euripides that I've seen before include "Greek dramatist - rise up, die (anag)" , "Ancient Greek dramatist" , "Gk. tragedian, wrote Medea" , "Classical Greek dramatist" , "playmaker" .)