Terence James Reed,
FBA (born 1937), known professionally as Jim Reed, is a scholar of
German literature
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. He was
Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature
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at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
from 1989 to 2004.
Born in 1937, Reed completed his undergraduate studies at
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...
, where he was also a
junior research fellow
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from 1961 to 1963. In 1963, he was elected to a
fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
ship at
St John's College, Oxford
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, where he remained until taking up the
Taylor Chair of the German Language and Literature at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
in 1989 (whereupon he was elected to a fellowship at
The Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its pred ...
). He retired in 2004.
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''The British Academy
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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 span ...
''. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
In 1987, Reed was elected a
Fellow of the British Academy
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# Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom
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, the United Kingdom's
national academy
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for the humanities.
He received the research prize of the
Humboldt Foundation
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in 2002 and the Gold Medal of the
Goethe Society
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in 1999, and was awarded an
honorary doctorate
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by the
University of Freiburg
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in 2010.
In 2004, volume 33 of the ''
Oxford German Studies'', edited by Tom Kuhn, was offered as a tribute to Reed and is a ''
Festschrift
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'' marking his retirement.
[Tom Kuhn]
"Preface"
'' Oxford German Studies'', vol. 33 (2004), pp. 1–2.
Publications
* ''Thomas Mann: The Uses of Tradition'' (Clarendon Press, 1974; 2nd ed., 1996).
* ''The Classical Centre: Goethe and Weimar'' (Croom Helm, 1979).
* ''Goethe'' (Oxford University Press, 1984).
* ''Schiller'' (Oxford University Press, 1991).
* In German: ''Mehr Licht in Deutschland - Eine kleine Geschichte der Aufklärung'' (C.H. Beck Verlag, 2009)
Additionally, Reed's Bithell Memorial Lecture for 1994 was "Genesis: Some Episodes in Literary Creation".
References
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Living people
1937 births
Germanists
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford
Fellows of St John's College, Oxford
Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford
Taylor Professors of the German Language and Literature
Fellows of the British Academy