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John Mitchell


John Matthew Mitchell CBE (born 22 March 1925) was Assistant Director-General (1981-1984) and Senior Research Fellow (1984-1985) of the British Council.

Education: Ilford County High School, Worcester College, Oxford, Queens' College, Cambridge (MA), Vienna (PhD 1949).

Mitchell served in the Royal Navy in World War II, 1944-6. He worked for the British Council from 1949 until his retirement in 1985.

Honours

  • Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1972-3.
  • He was awarded the CBE in 1976.
  • Fellow, Institute of Linguists (Chairman of Council, 1996–99; President, 2004).

    • Publications

  • International Cultural Relations, 1986
  • Verse and short stories
  • Translations from German and French

    • References

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