Christopher Ball (linguist)
Sir Christopher John Elinger Ball (born 22 April 1935)[1] is a British academic, who served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford, from 1980 to 1988, and as the first Chancellor of the University of Derby, from 1995 to 2003.[2]
Life
Ball was educated at
Fellow and Tutor in English at Lincoln College, where he also served as bursar from 1972 to 1979. In 1980, he was appointed Warden of Keble College, Oxford, a post that he held until 1988, the same year that he was knighted. He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College in 1981, Merton College in 1987,[4] and of Keble College in 1989. From 1995 to 2003, he served as the first Chancellor of the University of Derby[5]
which had achieved University status in 1992.
He was the joint founding editor (with Angus Cameron) of Toronto Dictionary of Old English (1970). He has written various works on educational and linguistic matters, as well as some poetry (as "John Elinger").[6]
References
- ^ "Birthdays today". The Telegraph. 22 April 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
Sir Christopher Ball, Chancellor, University of Derby, 1995–2003, 76
- ^ "Our Chancellor". www.derby.ac.uk. University of Derby.
- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 475.
- ^ "Sir Christopher Ball". Merton College, Oxford. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Our Chancellor". www.derby.ac.uk. University of Derby.
- ^ "Ball, Sir Christopher (John Elinger)". Who's Who 2009. Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
External links
- Oliver, Gill (2 May 2013). "Profile: Sir Christopher Ball". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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