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Founding member of the Department of French Studies inducted into the Académie française

Sir Michael Edwards, a founding member of the Department of French Studies at Warwick, has become the first Briton and first native English speaker to enter the prestigious Académie française, France's highest learned body charged with defending the purity of the French language. He was elected by standing members in 2013, and was received on 22 May 2014. He will occupy seat F31 in the Academy.

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Tue 27 May 2014, 17:42 | Tags: French - News Modern Languages - News