P. W. H. Brown

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Peter Wilfred Henry Brown CBE (born 4 June 1941) was Secretary to the British Academy, 1983–2006. In 1995, he was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland order

The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland is a Polish order of merit created in 1974, awarded to persons who have rendered great service to Poland. It is granted to foreigners or Poles resident abroad. As such it is sometimes referred to as a traditional "diplomatic order".

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Life

Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, Brown was an assistant master in classics at the Birkenhead School from 1963 to 1966, and a lecturer in classics at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone from 1966 to 1968. [1]

Jesus College, Cambridge constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England

Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes from the name of its chapel, Jesus Chapel.

Birkenhead School

Birkenhead School is an independent, selective, co-educational school located in Oxton on the Wirral in the north west of England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

He was deputy secretary of the British Academy from 1975 to 1983, acting secretary from 1976 to 1983, and secretary from 1983 to 2006. [1] Brown serves on the Supervisory Committee of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, [2] and the editorial board of the Royal Society. [3]

Royal Society English learned society for science

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society". It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world. The society is the United Kingdom's and Commonwealth of Nations' Academy of Sciences and fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, fostering international and global co-operation, education and public engagement.

Honors

He was a 1978 fellow at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina, working on "Gibbon’s Use of His Sources". He was made an honorary fellow at the British School at Rome in 2007. [1]

The National Humanities Center (NHC) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any university or federal agency. The center was planned under the auspices of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which saw a need for substantial support for academic research in the humanities, and began operations in 1978.

British School at Rome Interdisciplinary research centre

The British School at Rome (BSR) is an interdisciplinary research centre supporting the arts, humanities and architecture.

Brown was awarded an Honorary DLitt from both the University of Birmingham, and the University of Sheffield, and the Knight Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peter Henry Wilfred Brown", Debretts [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Supervisory Committee", Oxford DNB
  3. ↑ "Notes & Records", The Royal Society

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