Richard Cooper (academic)

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Richard Anthony Cooper
Born1947
EducationNew College, Oxford
OccupationMaster of St Benet's Hall, Oxford
TitleProfessor
SpouseEmanuela Tandello [1]
Children2 sons

Richard Anthony Cooper (born 1947),

Oxford University.[4]

Cooper is also an Emeritus Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford[5] and former Chairman of the Faculty Board of Modern Languages of the University of Oxford.[6]

Career

Educated at

foreign languages, Cooper went up to New College, Oxford where he read French and Italian
.

Cooper taught French at the

Brasenose College, before being appointed Reader in 1996 and subsequently Professor in 1998.[5] He is a member of the Académie des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts and of the Institut des Sciences de l'Homme, Lyon.[5]

Professor Cooper was selected as a

Oxford University, including 15 years as Chairman of the University Sports Committee.[7]

Honours

Appointed

Commandeur in 2012),[8] Cooper also became Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2003.[5]

Selected publications

  • Rabelais et l'Italie (1991)
  • Litteræ in tempore belli: Études sur les relations littéraires italo-françaises pendant les guerres d'Italie (1997)
  • Maurice Scève: The Entry of Henri II into Lyon, September 1548, text with an introduction and notes (1997)
  • Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, trans. Sir Thomas Urquhart (1999)
  • Contributor: Jean du Bellay, Poemata, with G. Demerson (2007)
  • Chrétiens et mondains, poèmes épars: vol. 8 of Œuvres complètes de Marguerite de Navarre (2007).

References

  1. ^ a b "New Master for St Benet's Hall". st-benets.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Professor Richard Cooper – Elected as Acting Master of St Benet's Hall". News. Brasenose College, Oxford. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ Hitchens, Dan (1 October 2022). "Why has Oxford killed off a much-loved Catholic college?". The Spectator. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/people/richard-cooper
  5. ^ a b c d "Prof Richard Cooper". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. ^ www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
  7. ^ Ffrench, Andrew; Damian Fantato (6 July 2012). "Celebrity chef and don to run". Oxford Mail. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Awards: Professor Richard Cooper" (PDF). Brazen Notes (Michaelmas Term). 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford

2018–2022
office abolished