Michael Swann
Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann,
Early life
Swann was born in Cambridge, the eldest of three children of pathologist Meredith Blake Robson Swann and his wife, Marjorie Dykes.[2]
Swann was educated at
Life and works
He served with the
He moved to
His academic work was on the mechanisms of
From 1965 to 1974, he was the principal and vice-chancellor of
He was chairman of the governors of the
In 1969 he led the Swann Report "on The Flow into Employment of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists". In 1985 he led the Swann Report "Education for All", a report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Children from Ethnic Minority Groups.
He died in London on 22 September 1990.
Legacy
The Michael Swann Building of the
Family
In 1942, he married Tess Gleadowe (died 2009). They had two sons and two daughters.
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- Brother, the queen
- Uncle, Brigadier Vivian Dykes, chief combined secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington, 1942
- Stepfather, Sir Sydney Castle Roberts, secretary of Cambridge University Press, author; vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge
- Brother-in-law, Monsignor Graham Leonard
References
- ^ S2CID 70752369.
- required.)
- ISBN 978-0-9507528-0-8.
- ^ "Lord Swann, 70, Former Chief of BBC And Educator, Dies", Associated Press via New York Times. 24 September 1990.
- ^ Profile, University of York. York.ac.uk; retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Honorary Graduates, le.ac.uk; retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ Lady Tess Swann obituary, The Independent, 13 October 2009.
- ^ "No. 45678". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1972. p. 6256.
- ^ "No. 45849". The London Gazette. 12 December 1972. p. 14743.
- ^ BBC Chairmen listing The BBC
- ^ "No. 48529". The London Gazette. 19 February 1981. p. 2441.
- ^ Heraldic Media Ltd., Patrick Cracoft-Brennan Cracroft Peerage Database v5.2
- ^ "Who, Where and When: The History & Constitution of the University of Glasgow Oxford" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2008.. University of Glasgow
- ^ Sisman, Adam (2010). Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 451.
- ^ Greg Dyke to be Chancellor of the University of York. BBC. 11 November 2003
- ISBN 1-871408-07-5.
External links
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