Geoffrey Cass
Encyclopedia
Sir Geoffrey Arthur Cass (born 11 August 1932) spent twenty years as chief executive of Cambridge University Press
and has also been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company
and the Lawn Tennis Association
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, County Durham
, at Jesus College, Oxford
and at Nuffield College, Oxford
. He was chief executive of Cambridge University Press
from 1972 to 1992, chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company
from 1985 to 2000 and has been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Trust since 1983. He was President and chairman of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association
from 1997 to 1999, chairman of the British Tennis Foundation from 2003 to 2007 and he has been President since 2007. He was knighted in 1992 and elected to an Honorary Fellowship of Jesus College, Oxford in 1998. He is Honorary President of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
and has also been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
and the Lawn Tennis Association
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
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Life
Cass was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, DarlingtonDarlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, at Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
and at Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. It is a research centre in the social sciences...
. He was chief executive of Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
from 1972 to 1992, chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
from 1985 to 2000 and has been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Trust since 1983. He was President and chairman of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...
from 1997 to 1999, chairman of the British Tennis Foundation from 2003 to 2007 and he has been President since 2007. He was knighted in 1992 and elected to an Honorary Fellowship of Jesus College, Oxford in 1998. He is Honorary President of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club
Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club in England is one of the oldest lawn tennis clubs in the world.-Overview:The club was founded in 1881, seven years before the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain was founded...
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