Background
QUIRK, Charles Randolph was born on July 12, 1920 in Isle of Manitoba Son of late Thomas and Amy Randolph Quirk.
university professor and official
QUIRK, Charles Randolph was born on July 12, 1920 in Isle of Manitoba Son of late Thomas and Amy Randolph Quirk.
Cronk y Voddy School, Douglas High School, Isle of Manitoba, University College, London.
Served in Royal Air Force 1940-1945. Lecturer in English, University College, London 194754. Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Yale University and University of Michigan, United States of America 52.
Reader in English Language and Literature, University of Durham 58, Professor, of English Language 1958-1960.
Quain Professor, of English, University College, London 1960-1981. Special University Lectures, London 1960.
Director University of London Summer School of English 1962-1967. Survey of English Usage.
Chairman Academic Council 75), Court 1972-1975.
Vice-Chancellor, University of London 1981-1985. President Institute of Linguistics 1983-1986, British Academy 1985-1989, College, of Speech Therapists since 1987. Governor British Institute of.
Chairman Committee of Enquiry into Speech Therapy Services, British Council English Committee 1976-1980, Hombv Educational Trust since 1979.
Fellow, Singapore 1985-1986. Vice-President Foundation of Science and Technology since 1986.
Honorary Degrees (Lund, Uppsala, Nijmegen, Paris, Liege, Reading, Leicester, Salford, Newcastle, Bath, Durham, Essex, Open University, Glasgow, Bar Ilan, Brunei, Sheffield). Fellow of Queen Mary College, University College, London, Academia Europaea, King"s College, London.
Foreign Fellow, Royal Belgian Academy Sciences 1975, Royal Swedish Academy 1986.
Honorary Fellow, College, of Speech Therapists, Institute of Linguists. Honorary Master Grays Inn Bench 1983.
Senate, University of London 1970-1978. British Broadcasting Corporation Archives Committee since 1975, British Council since 1983.
Married Gabriele Stein 1984.