Robert Lethbridge
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Professor Robert Lethbridge has been the Master of Fitzwilliam College
since 2005, during which time the College has fallen to its lowest position in the Tompkins Table
since 1997, when the constituent colleges of Cambridge University
were first ranked in terms of their results across the full range of undergraduate examinations.
He conducts research and teaches postgraduate students in association with Cambridge University's Department of French, where he ceased lecturing in 1994. His main interest is late 19th century France
and specifically the relationship between literature and visual arts in that period. He is also an Emeritus Professor of French Language and Literature at the University of London
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He is Honorary President of the Society of Dix-neuvièmistes , a group of mainly British and Irish French-studies academics, concerned with 19th century France and founded in Dublin in 2001. In 1988, he was appointed a third-grade member, or Chevalier (Knight), of the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms), a chivalric order established in 1955. Since 2010, he has been the Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust.
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study...
since 2005, during which time the College has fallen to its lowest position in the Tompkins Table
Tompkins Table
The Tompkins Table is an annual ranking that lists the Colleges of the University of Cambridge in order of their undergraduate students' performances in that year's examinations...
since 1997, when the constituent colleges of Cambridge University
Colleges of the University of Cambridge
This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. These colleges are the primary source of accommodation for undergraduates and graduates at the University and at the undergraduate level have responsibility for admitting students and organising their tuition. They also provide...
were first ranked in terms of their results across the full range of undergraduate examinations.
He conducts research and teaches postgraduate students in association with Cambridge University's Department of French, where he ceased lecturing in 1994. His main interest is late 19th century France
France in the nineteenth century
The History of France from 1789 to 1914 extends from the French Revolution to World War I and includes:*French Revolution *French First Republic *First French Empire under Napoleon...
and specifically the relationship between literature and visual arts in that period. He is also an Emeritus Professor of French Language and Literature at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
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He is Honorary President of the Society of Dix-neuvièmistes , a group of mainly British and Irish French-studies academics, concerned with 19th century France and founded in Dublin in 2001. In 1988, he was appointed a third-grade member, or Chevalier (Knight), of the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms), a chivalric order established in 1955. Since 2010, he has been the Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust.
Career
- University of Kent at CanterburyUniversity of KentThe University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
(B.A., 1969) - McMaster UniversityMcMaster UniversityMcMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
(M.A., 1970) - St John's College, CambridgeSt John's College, CambridgeSt John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
(Ph.D., 1975) - Leathersellers' Teaching Fellow in French at Fitzwilliam College
- Senior Tutor at Fitzwilliam College (1982–92)
- Chair of French Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonRoyal Holloway, University of LondonRoyal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
, (1994) where he was successively Head of Department, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice-Principal. - Life Fellow of Fitzwilliam College since 1994.
- He has held Visiting Professorships at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at the University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
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