Brian Woledge

	Brian Woledge Brian Woledge, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (born August 16, 1904 in London - died June 3, 2002, in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire), a scholar of Old French language and literature, was Fielden Professor of French at University College London from 1939 to 1971. Biography Brian Woledge spent his childhood in Leeds, studying at the Leeds Boys' Modern School and Leeds University. He earned a doctorate from the University of Paris in 1930, writing a dissertation on the medieval French romance ''L'âtre périlleux''. Woledge held lectureships at the University of Hull and the University of Aberdeen before being appointed at the age of 35 to the Fielden Chair of French in University College London, where he headed up the French department until his retirement in 1971. He was elected to the British Academy in 1989. Woledge introduced Reading Week and the "conferences" at Missenden Abbey or Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park to integrate new students into the department, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fellow Of The British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # Corresponding Fellows – scholars resident overseas # Honorary Fellows – an honorary academic title The award of fellowship is based on published work and fellows may use the post-nominal letters ''FBA''. Examples of Fellows are Edward Rand, Mary Beard; Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford; Michael Lobban; M. R. James; Friedrich Hayek; Lord Keynes; and Rowan Williams. See also * List of fellows of the British Academy References British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ... British Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Reading Week Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation. Other types of reading and writing, such as pictograms (e.g., a hazard symbol and an emoji), are not based on speech-based writing systems. The common link is the interpretation of symbols to extract the meaning from the visual notations or tactile signals (as in the case of Braille). Overview Reading is typically an individual activity, done silently, although on occasion a person reads out loud for other listeners; or reads aloud for one's own use, for better comprehension. Before the reintroduction of separated text (spaces between words) in the late Middle Ages, the ability to read silently was considered rather remarkable. Major pred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]