Jonathan Francis Taylor

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 12 August 1935) is the former Chair of the

School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury a ...

(University of London), Board of Governors, Chairman of the Booker Prize Foundation, the

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission is a non-departmental public body of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office that awards scholarships and fellowships to American students for postgraduate and postdoctoral study and research at UK uni ...

and Chair of the Trustees of the

International Prize for Arabic Fiction The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) ( ar, الجائزة العالمية للرواية العربية) is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world. Its aim is to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic ...

. Jonathan Taylor is a graduate and Fellow of

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12t ...

. He became chair of the Booker Prize Foundation in 2001, having joined Booker plc in 1959 and served as its chief executive from 1984 to 1993. He was a member of the

(SOAS) Governing Body from 1988 to 2005, and in 2010 was awarded an Honorary Fellowship for his distinguished service to the School. He was a founder and first chair the

Caine Prize for African Writing The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language. The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 20 ...

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Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1935 births Living people Academics of SOAS University of London {{UK-academic-bio-stub