James Wright (academic)
James Robertson Graeme Wright DL (born 14 June 1939) is a former Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.
Career
Educated at Inverness Royal Academy, the High School of Dundee and the University of Edinburgh, Wright became a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh in 1966.[1] He went on to be a Fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1978, Secretary-General of Faculties at the University of Cambridge in 1987 and Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University in 1991.[1]
After retiring from Newcastle University in 2000 he became Chairman of Age Concern.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
- ^ "New boss for Age Concern England". Age Concern. Retrieved 11 January 2014.