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Randolph Quirk

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British linguist (1920-2017)

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Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk was a British linguist and politician. He was the Quain Professor of English language and literature at University College London from 1968 to 1981. He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.

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1990honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
1986honorary doctorate
1978honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
1976Commander of the Order of the British Empire
honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
honorary doctor of Durham University
honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague
honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen
Fellow of the British Academy
honorary doctorate of Lund University
honorary doctor of the University of Bath
honorary doctor of the University of Leicester
Knight Bachelor

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United Kingdom
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1920 to 2017 · aged 97
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10 languages

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