James Drummond Bone
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Professor Sir Drummond Bone (b.11 July 1947) FRSE
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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 FRSA
Royal Society of Arts
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 is a British
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 Byron scholar and current Master of Balliol College, Oxford
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. Bone had previously served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
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 from 2002 to 2008.

Education

Bone attended Ayr Academy
Ayr Academy
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, a non-denominational secondary school, followed by the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
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, where he obtained an MA
Master of Arts (Scotland)
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 in 1968 and won a Snell Exhibition to study at Balliol College
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Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....

, Oxford
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 from 1968 to 1972.

Career

Bone is a specialist on the works of Romantic
Romanticism
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 poet Lord Byron, and on leaving Oxford in 1972 became lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
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. He returned to Glasgow
University of Glasgow
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 in 1980 as a lecturer in English Literature, becoming Senior Lecturer in 1989 and titular Professor in 1995. From 1991 to 1995, he was Dean
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 of the Faculty of Arts, and in 1995 became Vice-Principal
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.

In 2000, he left Glasgow to become Principal of Royal Holloway
Royal Holloway, University of London
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 and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of London
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, and in 2002 became Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
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. Although head of the University, he continued to teach an undergraduate class on Byron, and was also chairman of the Liverpool Culture Company
Liverpool Culture Company
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, directing the city's preparations to be European Capital of Culture
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 in 2008. He also served as President of Universities UK
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, a committee of university heads, from 2005 to 2007. He retired from Liverpool in 2008, and from October 2011 will be Master of Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....

.

He is an acknowledged expert on Lord Byron's work and is Vice-President of the Byron Society. He was editor of The Byron Journal from 1978 to 1988 and has been co-editor of journal Romanticism since 1995. He is a member of the Steering Group of the Council for College and University English, a Fellow of the English Association, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (1995) and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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 (2008).

Honours

Professor Bone was knighted
Knight Bachelor
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 in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to Higher Education and the regeneration of the North-West. He also received honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters (DLitt)
Doctor of Letters
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 from the Universities of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...

 (2008), Lancaster
Lancaster University
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 (2008) and Chester
University of Chester
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 (2009), and Doctor of the University (DUniv) from the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
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 (2010). Bone is also a Maserati
Maserati
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 enthusiast, and was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers
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, a Livery Company
Livery Company
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 promoting the automobile industry.

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