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Alison Richard

British academic, anthropologist and conservationist (1948 - ) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics

Dame Alison Fettes Richard, is an English anthropologist, conservationist and university administrator. She was the 344th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, the third Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge since the post became full-time, and the second woman.

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Awards

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2022
Honorary Doctor of the Peking University2004
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

About this person

Before arriving at Cambridge, she served as the provost of Yale University from 1994 to 2002.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78