Background
Screech, Michael Andrew was born on May 2, 1926 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Son of Richard John and Nellie Ernestine (Maunder) Screech.
Screech, Michael Andrew was born on May 2, 1926 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Son of Richard John and Nellie Ernestine (Maunder) Screech.
Bachelor with first class honors, University College, London, 1950. Doctor of Letters, The University, Birmingham, England, 1959. Doctor of Letters, The University, London, 1982.
Doctor of Letters, The University, Oxford, England, 1990. Doctor of Letters (honorary), The University, Exeter, England, 1993. Doctor (honorary), Geneva, 1998.
Doctor (honorary), Neuchatel, 2010.
Lecturer, The University, Birmingham, 1951-1961;
reader, then professor French, U. College London, 1961-1971;
Fielden professor French language and literature, U. College London, 1971-1984;
D.F. Wiley distinguished professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986;
professor, College de France, Paris, 1989;
professor, La Sorbonne, Paris, 1990;
senior research fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, England, 1984-1993;
emeritus fellow, All Souls College, Oxford, since 1993;
extraordinary fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, since 1993. Member publication committee Textes Littéraires Français, Geneva and Paris, since 1960, Travaux d'Humanisme & Renaissance, Geneva and Paris, since 1961. Committee de Parrainage Classiques de L'Humanisme, Paris, since 1988.
Occasional lecturer Ministry Course, Oxford, since 1993.
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With British Intelligence Corps, 1944-1948. Fellow British Academy, Royal Society Literature, Society Historique et Archéologique de Genève (correspondent), Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2000. Member Athenaeum Club.
Married Ursula Anne Reeve, April 5, 1956. Children: Matthew Erasmus John, Timothy Benjamin Mark, Toby Daniel Luke.