Background
Batley, Edward Malcolm was born on September 5, 1935 in Holmfirth/Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Son of Ronald Emanuel and Anne (Hogley) Batley.
Language professional/educator foreign languages
Batley, Edward Malcolm was born on September 5, 1935 in Holmfirth/Huddersfield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Son of Ronald Emanuel and Anne (Hogley) Batley.
Bachelor with Honours in German, University Durham, United Kingdom, 1957. Diploma of Education, University Durham, United Kingdom, 1958. Master of Letters, University Durham, United Kingdom, 1965.
Assistant teacher English, Music, Sport, Wilhelmsdorfer Gymnasium, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1958-1959;
master for modern languages, Honley Holme Valley Grammar School, Huddersfield, Yorkshire., United Kingdom, 1959-1962;
head German department, Highbury County School, London, 1962-1964;
lecturer in German, Goldsmiths' College, U. London, since 1964;
senior lecturer, head German department, Goldsmiths' College, U. London, 1970-1987;
head department European Langs., Goldsmiths' College, U. London, 1987-1993;
reader in German, U. London, since 1990;
head German studies, U. London, since 1994. Honorary director U. London Institute Germanic Studies. President Fédn. International des professors de Langues Vivantes, 1981-1983, 84-86, 87-89, 90-92.
Chairman international symposium on compact courses for modern languages U. Marburg, Germany, 1981, numerous others.
Chairman International Conference on Langs. and Human Rights, Paris, 1989. Member Modern Language Association, Association for Language Learning, Institute Germanic Studies, English Goethe Society, Lessing Akademie Wolfenbüttel, Schiller Gesellschaft Marbach, International Goethe Gesellschaft Weimar, International Vereinigung der Germanisten, Fédn. International des Langues et Littératures Modernes, Fédn.
International des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, Academy Européene des Arts, des Sciences et des Lettres.
Married Margaret Tindle, July 29, 1961. Children: Melanie Anne, David Marcus, Gareth Adam.