Richard Cooper (academic)

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Richard Anthony Cooper
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Born1947
Education New College, Oxford
Occupation Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford
Title Professor
SpouseEmanuela Tandello [1]
Children2 sons

Richard Anthony Cooper (born 1947), Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford, from September 2018 until September 2022, [1] [2] [3] is Emeritus Professor of French in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford University. [4]

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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 Manchester Grammar School, introduced by Donald Adamson to foreign languages, Cooper went up to New College, Oxford where he read French and Italian.

Cooper taught French at the University of Lancaster from 1971, before returning to Oxford in 1977 as a tutor in French at 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 torchbearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics Torch Relay, reflecting his 40 years of service to sport at the Oxford University, including 15 years as Chairman of the University Sports Committee. [7]

Honours

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Appointed Officier dans l'ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1996 (promoted Commandeur in 2012), [8] Cooper also became Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2003. [5]

Selected publications

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "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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Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford

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