| 词条 | Edward Acton (academic) |
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|honorific-prefix = Professor The Honourable |name = Edward Acton |honorific-suffix = |image = Edward Acton.JPG |imagesize = |alt = |caption = |order = |office = Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia |term_start = 2009 |term_end = 2014 |chancellor = Rose Tremain |deputy = |predecessor = Bill MacMillan |successor = David Richardson |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|02|04|df=y}} |birth_place = Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |nationality = |spouse = {{marriage|Stella Lyon-Dalberg-Acton|1972}}[1] |children = 2 |residence = |alma_mater = University of York {{small|(BA)}} St Edmund's College, Cambridge {{small|(PhD)}} |profession = Historian}} Professor Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-Acton FRHistS (born 4 February 1949) is a British academic and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.[2] His title from birth is The Honourable but is never referred as such professionally or on the University website. Born in Zimbabwe, Edward Acton is the 4th son of John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton and great-grandson of the historian John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton. He was educated at St George's College, Harare, the University of York (BA) and at St Edmund's College, Cambridge (PhD).[3] He worked at the Bank of England, and then held academic posts at Liverpool and Manchester, before becoming Professor of Modern European History at the University of East Anglia in 1991. He was appointed Dean of the School of History at UEA in 1999, and served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) from 2004 until 2009, when he was appointed Vice-Chancellor. He is a member of the Athenaeum Club. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[4] Publications
References1. ^Burke's Peerage (1999) volume 1, page 30. thepeerage.com {{Vice-Chancellors of the University of East Anglia}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Acton, Edward}}{{UK-academic-bio-stub}}{{Academic-administrator-stub}}2. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2009/apr/University+appoints+new+Vice-Chancellor| title = University appoints new Vice-Chancellor | accessdate = 2009-05-08| publisher = University of East Anglia}} 3. ^‘ACTON, Prof. Edward David Joseph Lyon-Dalberg-’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-edward-acton|title=St Edmund's College - University of Cambridge|website=www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10}} 10 : 1949 births|Living people|Alumni of St. George's College, Harare|Alumni of the University of York|Alumni of St Edmund's College, Cambridge|Vice-Chancellors of the University of East Anglia|Academics of the University of East Anglia|Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester|Fellows of the Royal Historical Society|Younger sons of barons |
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