Professor Sir Drummond Bone (b.11 July 1947)
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is a
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Byron scholar and current Master of
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. Bone had previously served as Vice-Chancellor of the
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from 2002 to 2008.
Education
Bone attended
Ayr AcademyAyr Academy is a non-denominational secondary school situated in the centre of the town of Ayr in South Ayrshire. It is a comprehensive school for children from the ages of 11 to 18 from Ayr. Ayr Academy's catchment area covers Newton-on-Ayr, Whitletts and the outlying villages of Coylton, Annbank,...
, a non-denominational secondary school, followed by the
University of GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, where he obtained an
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in 1968 and won a Snell Exhibition to study at
Balliol CollegeBalliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
,
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from 1968 to 1972.
Career
Bone is a specialist on the works of
RomanticRomanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
poet Lord Byron, and on leaving Oxford in 1972 became lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at the
University of WarwickThe University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
. He returned to
GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
in 1980 as a lecturer in English Literature, becoming Senior Lecturer in 1989 and titular Professor in 1995. From 1991 to 1995, he was
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of the Faculty of Arts, and in 1995 became
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.
In 2000, he left Glasgow to become Principal of
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and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the
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, and in 2002 became Vice Chancellor of the
University of LiverpoolThe University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
. Although head of the University, he continued to teach an undergraduate class on Byron, and was also chairman of the
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, directing the city's preparations to be
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in 2008. He also served as President of
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, a committee of university heads, from 2005 to 2007. He retired from Liverpool in 2008, and from October 2011 will be Master of
Balliol College, OxfordBalliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
.
He is an acknowledged expert on Lord Byron's work and is Vice-President of the Byron Society. He was editor of
The Byron Journal from 1978 to 1988 and has been co-editor of journal
Romanticism since 1995. He is a member of the Steering Group of the Council for College and University English, a Fellow of the English Association, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (1995) and of the
Royal Society of EdinburghThe Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland...
(2008).
Honours
Professor Bone was
knightedThe rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to Higher Education and the regeneration of the North-West. He also received honorary degrees of
Doctor of Letters (DLitt)Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree, often a higher doctorate which is frequently awarded as an honorary degree in recognition of outstanding scholarship or other merits.-Commonwealth:...
from the Universities of
LiverpoolThe University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
(2008),
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(2008) and
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(2009), and Doctor of the University (DUniv) from the
University of GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
(2010). Bone is also a
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enthusiast, and was made a Freeman of the
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, a
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promoting the automobile industry.
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