John Matthew Mitchell
John Matthew Mitchell CBE (born 22 March 1925) was Assistant Director-General (1981-1984) and Senior Research Fellow (1984-1985) of the British Council.[1]
Education: Ilford County High School, Worcester College, Oxford, Queens' College, Cambridge (MA), Vienna (PhD 1949).
Mitchell served in the Royal Navy in World War II, 1944-6. He worked for the British Council from 1949 until his retirement in 1985, by which time he was Assistant Director-General.[2]
Appointments and Honours
- Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1972-3.
- He was awarded the CBE in 1976.
- Fellow, Institute of Linguists (Chairman of Council, 1996–99; President, 2004).
Publications
- International Cultural Relations, 1986 [3]
- Verse and short stories, including Selected Poems, 2009 [2]
- Translations from German and French
In his self-published book of poems,[2] the author acknowledges that the selection includes items previously published in the New Statesman, The Listener, The London Magazine, Country Life, and elsewhere, often under the name Matthew Mitchell.
References
- Bulmer-Thomas, V.; Affairs, Royal Institute of International (25 August 1989). Britain and Latin America: a changing relationship. Cambridge University Press. pp. 39, 51. ISBN 978-0-521-37205-3. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- John Matthew Mitchell (2009). Selected Poems. blurb.com.
- John Matthew Mitchell (1986). International Cultural Relations. Allen & Unwin (republished 2016 by Routledge). ISBN 978-1-138-94101-4.
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