| 词条 | Victor Watts |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Victor Watts | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FSA|FRHistS}} | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | smallimage = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Master of Grey College, Durham | term_start = 1989 | term_end = 2002 | predecessor = Eric Halladay | successor = Martyn Chamberlain | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1938|4|18}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2002|12|21|1938|4|18}} | death_place = | citizenship = United Kingdom | nationality = British | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | relatives = | residence = | education = Bristol Grammar School | alma_mater = Merton College, Oxford University of London }} Victor Watts, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|FSA|FRHistS}} (18 April 1938 – 21 December 2002) was a British toponymist, medievalist, translator, and academic, specialising in English place names. He served as Master of Grey College, Durham from 1989 until his sudden death in 2002. He had been a lecturer in English at Durham University from 1962, honorary director of the English Place-Name Survey from 1993, and editor of the Journal of the English Place-Name Society from 1996. Early life and educationWatts was born on 18 April 1938. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School, then an all-boys independent school in Bristol. He studied at Merton College, Oxford, and at the University of London.[1] Academic careerIn 1962, Watts jointed Durham University as a lecturer in English language.[1] He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1974.[2] His first association with Grey College, Durham was as a pastoral tutor.[3] Then, from 1984 to 1989, he served as the college's senior tutor and vice-master.[2] In 1989, he was appointed Master of Grey College.[1][3] He was, by his death, one of the longest serving head of college at Durham University.[2] He additionally served as Dean of Colleges, leading the university's 15 colleges, between 1999 and 2002.[2] Outside of his university, he held a number of positions. He was an active member of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland: he served successively as vice-president and then president of the society between 1983 and 1991.[1] In 1993, he was appointed honorary director of the English Place-Name Survey, and therefore of the English Place-Name Society, in succession to Kenneth Cameron.[4][5] He served as general editor of the society's survey volumes from 1994, and was also editor of the Journal of the English Place-Name Society from 1996.[4] Personal lifeWatts had three children with his first wife, Mary Watts: two daughters and a son.[1][2] Having divorced Mary, he later married Elaine; this marriage brought two stepsons.[1] Watts died on 21 December 2002, aged 64.[1] He had had a heart attack.[1] HonoursWatts had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[1] Selected works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news|title=Victor Watts|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/victor-watts-cn87vmzr7gv|accessdate=23 February 2018|work=The Times|date=4 February 2003}} {{s-start}}{{s-aca}}{{s-bef|before=Eric Halladay}}{{s-ttl|title=Master of Grey College, Durham |years=1988 to 2002}}{{s-aft|after=Martyn Chamberlain}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Victor}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Victor Watts 1938-2002: Master of Grey College, Durham|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3211|website=Durham University News|publisher=Durham University|accessdate=23 February 2018|date=2 January 2003}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Victor Watts|url=https://www.greyassociation.co.uk/masters/watts|website=Grey College Association|accessdate=23 February 2018}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Victor Watts|url=https://enitharmon.co.uk/authors/victor-watts-2/|website=Enitharmon Editions|accessdate=23 February 2018}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Watts|first1=Victor|title=Obituary: Prof Kenneth Cameron|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/09/guardianobituaries.books|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=The Guardian|date=9 April 2001|language=en}} 13 : 1938 births|2002 deaths|Toponymists|British medievalists|British translators|Masters of Grey College, Durham|Academics of Durham University|People educated at Bristol Grammar School|Alumni of Merton College, Oxford|Alumni of the University of London|Fellows of the Royal Historical Society|Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London|20th-century translators |
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