Colin Lucas

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Personal details
Born (1940-08-25) 25 August 1940 (age 83)
Egypt
Alma materLincoln College, Oxford
ProfessionHistorian

Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas,

Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.[1] In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the British Library
for a four-year term ending 2010.

Early life and education

Lucas was born in Egypt, the son of Frank Renshaw Lucas

RA and Janine Charpentier.[2] He was educated at Sherborne and at Lincoln College, Oxford.[3][4]

Academic career

After graduation, he took a post as a lecturer at the

Social Sciences
in 1993. He returned to Oxford in 1994 to become Master of Balliol College (1994–2000).

Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004), during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, division of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.[5]

On his retirement as Vice-Chancellor, Lucas was appointed Warden of

Rhodes Trust.[6]

Personal life

Lucas is the godfather of the politician Boris Johnson.[7] Lucas is married to Marie-Louise, Lady Lucas.

Honours

In 2002, he was appointed

Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
.

Portraits of Sir Colin Lucas hang at

Balliol College[9] and at Rhodes House, Oxford (the latter by Bob Tulloch).[10]

References

  1. ^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1
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  3. ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirburnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Sir Colin Lucas". People of Today Online. Debrett's. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  5. ^ Oxford International Review: Our Team: Sir Colin Lucas Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The Warden of Rhodes House - the Rhodes Scholarships". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Boris Johnson's media scrapes". News.bbc.co.uk. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Sir Colin Lucas (b.1940), Fellow and Tutor (1973–1990), Master (1994–2001), Vice-Chancellor (1997–2004) - Art UK". Art UK. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Gallery - Bob Tulloch". Bobtulloch.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Balliol College, Oxford
1994-2001 		Succeeded by
Andrew Winston Mawdsley Graham
Preceded by
Peter North
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University

1997–2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford
2004–2009 		Succeeded by
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