| 词条 | Christopher Ball (linguist) |
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Sir Christopher John Elinger Ball (born 22 April 1935)[1] is a British academic, who served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford, from 1980 to 1988, and as the first Chancellor of the University of Derby, from 1995 to 2003[2]. LifeBall was educated at St. George's School, Harpenden, and served in the Parachute Regiment as a Second Lieutenant (1955 to 1956). He then read English at Merton College, Oxford, where he was a scholar, obtaining a first-class degree in 1959.[3] After lecturing in Oxford, he moved to be a lecturer in comparative linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (part of the University of London) in 1961. He returned to the University of Oxford in 1964 as a Fellow and Tutor in English at Lincoln College, where he also served as bursar from 1972 to 1979. In 1980, he was appointed Warden of Keble College, Oxford, a post that he held until 1988, the same year that he was knighted. He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College in 1981, Merton College in 1987,[4] and of Keble College in 1989. From 1995 to 2003, he served as the first Chancellor of the University of Derby[5] which had achieved University status in 1992. He was the joint founding editor (with Angus Cameron) of Toronto Dictionary of Old English (1970). He has written various works on educational and linguistic matters, as well as some poetry (as "John Elinger").[6] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Birthdays today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-22.html |publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=21 April 2014|date=22 April 2011|quote=Sir Christopher Ball, Chancellor, University of Derby, 1995–2003, 76 }} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Our Chancellor |url=https://www.derby.ac.uk/about/governance/chancellor/ |website=www.derby.ac.uk |publisher=University of Derby}} 3. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900-1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=475}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Honorary Fellows|url=http://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/honorary-fellows|publisher=Merton College, Oxford|accessdate=20 January 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Our Chancellor |url=https://www.derby.ac.uk/about/governance/chancellor/ |website=www.derby.ac.uk |publisher=University of Derby}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Ball, Sir Christopher (John Elinger)|work=Who's Who 2009|date=December 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6323|subscription=yes|accessdate=6 October 2009}} External links
| title = Chancellor of the University of Derby | years = 1995 - 2003 | before = None (role created) | after = Professor Leslie Wagner }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, Christopher John Elinger}}{{UK-linguist-stub}} 13 : Living people|1935 births|Alumni of Merton College, Oxford|Academics of SOAS, University of London|Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford|Wardens of Keble College, Oxford|Linguists from the United Kingdom|British poets|British Parachute Regiment officers|Knights Bachelor|People educated at St George's School, Harpenden|People associated with the University of Derby|British male poets |
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