Biography of Colin Smethurst

Colin Smethurst was Marshall Professor of French from 1980 to 1998.

A graduate of Keble College, Oxford (BA, 1958, Dip Ed 1960), Smethurst spent two years pursuing his studies in England and France before he became assistant lecturer in French at the University of Liverpool in 1962. He was subsequently promoted to Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer, and in 1967 was awarded a BLitt by the University of Oxford for his thesis on Stendhal and Balzac.

Summary

Colin Smethurst
Language Scholar
University Link: Professor
Occupation categories: language scholars
Record last updated: 20th Aug 2008

University Connections

University Roles

• Professor

Academic Posts

Professorships:

• French Language and Literature (Marshall Chair)

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Colin Smethurst