Drapers Professor of French
Encyclopedia
The Drapers Professorship of French is the senior professorship in the study of the French language
at the University of Cambridge
, and was founded in 1919 by a donation from the Worshipful Company of Drapers
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French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and was founded in 1919 by a donation from the Worshipful Company of Drapers
Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 108 Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London but is more usually known...
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Drapers Professors
- Oliver Herbert Phelps Prior (1919)
- Frederick Charles Green (1934)
- Lewis Charles Harmer (1951)
- Lloyd James Austin (1967–1980)
- Peter Rickard (1980–1982)
- Peter James Bayley (1985)