Alan Raitt | |
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Born | Alan William Raitt 21 September 1930 |
Died | 2 September 2006 | (aged 75)
Awards |
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1971) Fellow of the British Academy (1992) Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1995) |
Academic background | |
Education | The King Edward VI School, Morpeth |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Thesis | (1957) |
Doctoral advisor | Austin Gill |
Academic work | |
Discipline | French literature |
Sub-discipline | 19th-century French literature |
Institutions |
Magdalen College, Oxford Exeter College, Oxford University of Oxford |
Alan William Raitt, FRSL, FBA (21 September 1930 – 2 September 2006) was a British scholar of French literature, specialising in nineteenth-century French literature. [1] From 1992 to 1997, he was Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford.
Raitt was born on 21 September 1930 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. [2] He was educated at The King Edward VI School, Morpeth, then an all-boys state grammar school. [3] He studied Modern Languages (French and German) at Magdalen College, Oxford, [4] [2] graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1951. [4] His undergraduate tutor had been Austin Gill. [4] He remained at Magdalen College to undertake postgraduate research on " Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and the Symbolist movement", [4] completing his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1957. [3]
From 1953 to 1955, Raitt was a Fellow (by examination) of Magdalen College, Oxford. [3] From 1955 to 1966, he was Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. [4] In 1966, he returned to Magdalen College where he had been elected a fellow, and would remain there until his retirement in 1997; that year he was elected Fellow Emeritus. [3] He also held a number of positions at university level in the University of Oxford: he was a Special Lecturer in French Literature from 1976 to 1979, Reader from French Literature from 1979 to 1992, and Professor of French Literature from 1992 to 1997. [3] [4]
Raitt also held a number of appointments outside of Oxford. He was visiting lecturer at the University of Georgia in 1986. [3] He was Visiting Professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University from 1987 to 1988. [3] From 1987 to 1997, he was General Editor of French Studies, the journal of the Society for French Studies. [4]
In 1959, Raitt married Janet Taylor. Together, they had two daughters. They divorced in 1971. In 1974, he married Lia Noémia Rodrigues Correia; she outlived him. [3]
In 1971, Raitt was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). [2] In 1992, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. [4] In 1995, he was appointed a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Commander of the Order of Academic Palms) by the French government. [3]
Alan Raitt | |
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Born | Alan William Raitt 21 September 1930 |
Died | 2 September 2006 | (aged 75)
Awards |
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1971) Fellow of the British Academy (1992) Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1995) |
Academic background | |
Education | The King Edward VI School, Morpeth |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Thesis | (1957) |
Doctoral advisor | Austin Gill |
Academic work | |
Discipline | French literature |
Sub-discipline | 19th-century French literature |
Institutions |
Magdalen College, Oxford Exeter College, Oxford University of Oxford |
Alan William Raitt, FRSL, FBA (21 September 1930 – 2 September 2006) was a British scholar of French literature, specialising in nineteenth-century French literature. [1] From 1992 to 1997, he was Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford.
Raitt was born on 21 September 1930 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. [2] He was educated at The King Edward VI School, Morpeth, then an all-boys state grammar school. [3] He studied Modern Languages (French and German) at Magdalen College, Oxford, [4] [2] graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1951. [4] His undergraduate tutor had been Austin Gill. [4] He remained at Magdalen College to undertake postgraduate research on " Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and the Symbolist movement", [4] completing his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1957. [3]
From 1953 to 1955, Raitt was a Fellow (by examination) of Magdalen College, Oxford. [3] From 1955 to 1966, he was Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. [4] In 1966, he returned to Magdalen College where he had been elected a fellow, and would remain there until his retirement in 1997; that year he was elected Fellow Emeritus. [3] He also held a number of positions at university level in the University of Oxford: he was a Special Lecturer in French Literature from 1976 to 1979, Reader from French Literature from 1979 to 1992, and Professor of French Literature from 1992 to 1997. [3] [4]
Raitt also held a number of appointments outside of Oxford. He was visiting lecturer at the University of Georgia in 1986. [3] He was Visiting Professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University from 1987 to 1988. [3] From 1987 to 1997, he was General Editor of French Studies, the journal of the Society for French Studies. [4]
In 1959, Raitt married Janet Taylor. Together, they had two daughters. They divorced in 1971. In 1974, he married Lia Noémia Rodrigues Correia; she outlived him. [3]
In 1971, Raitt was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). [2] In 1992, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. [4] In 1995, he was appointed a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Commander of the Order of Academic Palms) by the French government. [3]