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Peter France

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Professor Peter France

Peter France, FBA, FRSE (born 19 October 1935 at Derry), is a British academic and scholar of French literature, who served as Professor of French at the University of Edinburgh from 1980 to 1990.[1]

Life

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The son of Edgar France, he attended Bradford Grammar School before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated as BA and DPhil. He was appointed a Lecturer in French at the University of Sussex in 1963, later being promoted as Reader. In 1980 he transferred to the University of Edinburgh where he took up the professorial chair in French, which he relinquished in 1990, becoming a University Endowment Fellow before retiring in 2000.[2]

Honours and fellowships

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Publications

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Joint editor of the Oxford History of Literary Translation in English (5 volumes, 2005–10), France's other publications include:[5]

References

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  1. ^ www.ed.ac.uk
  2. ^ "France, Prof. Peter", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Professor Peter France FBA", The British Academy. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Professor Peter France FBA FRSE", Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Peter France", University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
Preceded by

Oxford University
Zaharoff Prize

1958 - 1959
Succeeded by