|
Sir (Archibald) Duncan Wilson, GCMG (12 August 1911 – 20 September 1983) was a British diplomat and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. ==Career== Wilson was born on 12 August 1911 in Winchester to Archibald Edward Wilson and Ethel Wilson. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford where he studied Classics.〔(Archibald Duncan Wilson ) – holmesacourt.org〕 After his studies in Oxford he applied for the Diplomatic Service but due to a back ailment was not successful. He then spent a year teaching in Westminster School and then joined the British Museum as Assistant keeper in 1937. During the war the opportunity arose to join the Foreign Office and after the war he served in Berlin for the Allied Control Commission for Germany. He then specialised in Communist affairs and held the following positions: *Charge d'affaires in Peking 1957–59 *Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1964–1968 〔(The London Gazette, 6 November 1964 )〕 *Ambassador to the USSR 1968–1971 〔(The London Gazette, 26 November 1968 )〕 He retired from the diplomatic service in 1971 and was appointed Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. While at Corpus he was also Chairman of the Appeal Committee of Cambridge University and was instrumental in the procurement of a new building to house the Faculty of Music. He retired from the Mastership in 1980 and was succeeded by Michael McCrum. He died on 20 September 1983 aged 71. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duncan Wilson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|