Randolph Quirk
1920
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2017
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
native language: English
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University College London, University of Michigan, Yale University, St Ninian's High School, Douglas
occupation: linguist, politician, academic, university teacher
award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège, honorary doctor of Durham University, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague, honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen, Fellow of the British Academy, honorary doctorate of Lund University, honorary doctor of the University of Bath, honorary doctor of the University of Leicester, Knight Bachelor, honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
position held: member of the House of Lords
Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk, CBE, FBA (12 July 1920 – 20 December 2017) was a British linguist and life peer. He was the Quain Professor of English language and literature at University College London from 1968 to 1981. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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