A. M. Jefferson | |
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Born | 3 November 1949 |
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Anthony Glees (m. 1971;div. 1992)Michael Holland (m. 2011) |
Children | Three |
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Discipline | French literature |
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Ann Margaret Jefferson, FBA (born 3 November 1949) is a British scholar of French literature. She was a fellow and tutor in French at New College,Oxford,from 1987 to 2015,and professor of French at the University of Oxford from 2006 to 2015.
Jefferson was born on 3 November 1949 to Antony and Eirlys Jefferson. [1] She studied at St Anne's College,Oxford,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1971:as per tradition,her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA) degree. [1] [2] She then moved to Wolfson College,Oxford,where she undertook postgraduate research and she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1976. [1]
From 1978 to 1982,Jefferson was a junior research fellow at St John's College,Oxford. [1] [3] Then,from 1982 to 1987,she was a college lecturer at St John's College. [1] In 1987,she was elected a fellow of New College,Oxford and appointed a college tutor in French. [3] [4] From 1987 to 2006,she was also a lecturer in French in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages of the University of Oxford. [2] [4] In 2006,she was appointed professor of French literature by the University of Oxford. [1] [4] In 2015,she retired from full-time academia and was appointed an emeritus fellow of New College. [1] [3]
Outside of Oxford,Jefferson has held a number of visiting scholar appointments. In 2006,she was a visiting professor at Columbia University in the United States. [1] In 2008,she was a visiting professor at the Sorbonne in Parish,France. [1] [3] From February 2016 to June 2016,she was a fellow of the Institut d'études avancées de Paris (Paris Institute for Advanced Study). [5]
In 1971,Jefferson married Anthony Glees;they divorced in 1992. Together they had two sons and one daughter. In 2011,she married Michael Holland. [1]
In 2001,Jefferson was appointed a Member of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government. [1] In 2004,she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA),the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [4] In 2012,she was promoted to Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. [1]
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