Melveena Christine McKendrick, FBA (born 23 March 1941) is a retired Welsh academic. She was

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Literature, Culture and Society at the

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from 1999 to 2008, and served as its Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education from January 2004 to October 2008. She has also been a

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of Girton College, Cambridge since 1967; she is currently a life fellow having retired from full-time academia in 2008.

Early life

She attended Neath Grammar School for Girls.

Personal life

In 1967, the then Melveena Jones married

Neil McKendrick Neil McKendrick MA FRHistS (born 28 July 1935) was the 40th Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is now a life fellow of the college. McKendrick was educated at Alderman Newton's School, Leicester, and Christ's College, Cambrid ...

. Together they have two daughters.

Honours

In 1999, McKendrick was elected a

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences. In 2013, she was awarded an

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Doctor of Literature (DLitt) degree by the University of South Wales "in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature and the arts".

Selected works

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References

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