A. M. Jefferson | |
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Born | 3 November 1949 |
Nationality | British |
Spouses | Anthony Glees
(
m. 1971;
div. 1992)Michael Holland (
m. 2011) |
Children | Three |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | French literature |
Sub-discipline | |
Institutions |
Ann Margaret Jefferson, FBA (born 3 November 1949) is a British scholar of French literature. She was a fellow and tutor in French at New College, Oxford, from 1987 to 2015, and professor of French at the University of Oxford from 2006 to 2015.
Jefferson was born on 3 November 1949 to Antony and Eirlys Jefferson. [1] She studied at St Anne's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1971: as per tradition, her BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA) degree. [1] [2] She then moved to Wolfson College, Oxford, where she undertook postgraduate research and she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1976. [1]
From 1978 to 1982, Jefferson was a junior research fellow at St John's College, Oxford. [1] [3] Then, from 1982 to 1987, she was a college lecturer at St John's College. [1] In 1987, she was elected a fellow of New College, Oxford and appointed a college tutor in French. [3] [4] From 1987 to 2006, she was also a lecturer in French in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages of the University of Oxford. [2] [4] In 2006, she was appointed professor of French literature by the University of Oxford. [1] [4] In 2015, she retired from full-time academia and was appointed an emeritus fellow of New College. [1] [3]
Outside of Oxford, Jefferson has held a number of visiting scholar appointments. In 2006, she was a visiting professor at Columbia University in the United States. [1] In 2008, she was a visiting professor at the Sorbonne in Parish, France. [1] [3] From February 2016 to June 2016, she was a fellow of the Institut d'études avancées de Paris (Paris Institute for Advanced Study). [5]
In 1971, Jefferson married Anthony Glees; they divorced in 1992. Together they had two sons and one daughter. In 2011, she married Michael Holland. [1]
In 2001, Jefferson was appointed a Member of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government. [1] In 2004, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [4] In 2012, she was promoted to Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. [1]