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He was president of the Modern Humanities Research Association (1954) and the Fédération Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes (1963-66) at Cambridge; he also presided over the Association Internationale des Études Françaises (1955-57) and the Société de Linguistique Romane (1965) in Paris.
Book of Remembrance entry
In 1916-18, as a second lieutenant in the British Army, he performed intelligence duties with the Admiralty and in France. ADB entry
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1885Birth in Egremont -- Cumberland, England 4 July 1885
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?Early education at Charles Street School, Armadale, Victoria, Australia
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?Early education at Launceston High School, Armadale, Victoria, Australia
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1902Tertiary education at University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia 1902
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1905Awarded Rhodes Scholarship 1905 at Tasmania [ TAS Australia ]
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1910Tertiary education at Balliol College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England 1910
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1913Tertiary education at Balliol College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England 1913
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1913Assistant Lecturer in French at Manchester --, England 1913
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1915Lecturer at London -University of London-, United Kingdom 1915
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1919Chair of French language at Manchester --, England 1919
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1933Professor of French at Edinburgh -Edinburgh University-, Scotland 1933
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1966Death in Edinburgh -Royal Infirmary-, Scotland 10 August 1966
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