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Dame Frances Lannon | |
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Born | (1945-12-22)22 December 1945 (age 79) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Academic and educator |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford St Antony's College, Oxford |
Thesis | Catholic Bilbao from restoration to republic: a selective study of educational institutions, 1876-1931 (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Raymond Carr |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Queen Mary University of London Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
Dame Frances LannonDBE FRHistS (born 22 December 1945) is a retiredBritish academic and educator. She wasPrincipal ofLady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
Born inNewcastle-upon-Tyne, she was educated atLady Margaret Hall (BA) and atSt Antony's College (DPhil). After teaching atQueen Mary University of London and holding aFellowship at theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, she was in 1977 appointedFellow and Tutor in Modern History atLady Margaret Hall. She was Vice-Principal 1992–97 and became Principal in 2002. She retired on 30 September 2015 and was subsequently elected an Honorary Fellow.[1]
As Principal, Lannon oversaw a buildings project entitled the 'New Era Campaign' to increase Lady Margaret Hall's accommodation and seminar room space. The first phase of new buildings, Pipe Partridge, was completed in 2010 and enabled the college to offer all undergraduates the opportunity to live in college for three years. Further building works for the Clore Graduate Centre and the Donald Fothergill Building were completed in 2017.[2]
Lannon is aFellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2006, she was a visiting scholar at theAustralian National University Research School of Social Sciences and Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated Centre for Social Research.
Lannon was appointedDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to higher education.[3]
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Preceded by | 2002–2015 Principal ofLady Margaret Hall, Oxford | Succeeded by |
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