John Matthew Mitchell

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(22 March 1925 – 9 April 2019) was Assistant Director-General (1981–1984) and Senior Research Fellow (1984–1985) of the British Council. ''Education:'' Ilford County High School,

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(PhD 1949). Mitchell served in the

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, 1944–1946. He worked for the British Council from 1949 until his retirement in 1985, by which time he was Assistant Director-General. Mitchell died in Surrey on 9 April 2019, at the age of 94.

Appointments and honours

* Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1972-3. * He was awarded the

in 1976. * Fellow,

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(Chairman of Council, 1996–99; President, 2004).

Publications

* ''International Cultural Relations'', 1986 * Verse and short stories, including ''Selected Poems'', 2009 * Translations from German and French In his self-published book of poems, the author acknowledges that the selection includes items previously published in the ''New Statesman'', ''The Listener'', ''The London Magazine'', ''Country Life'', and elsewhere, often under the name ''Matthew Mitchell''.

References

1925 births 2019 deaths People educated at Ilford County High School Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Royal Navy personnel of World War II {{UK-academic-bio-stub