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Mar 22, 1925 99 years old
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- John Matthew Mitchell CBE (born 22 March 1925) was Assistant Director-General (1981-1984) and Senior Research Fellow (1984-1985) of the British Council.Education: Ilford County High School, Worcester College, Oxford, Queens' College, Cambridge (MA), Vienna (PhD 1949). Mitchell served in the Royal Navy in World War II, 1944-6.
- He worked for the British Council from 1949 until his retirement in 1985, by which time he was Assistant Director-General. Appointments and Honours Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1972-3. He was awarded the CBE in 1976. Fellow, Institute of Linguists (Chairman of Council, 1996–99; President, 2004).Publications International Cultural Relations, 1986 Verse and short stories, including Selected Poems, 2009 Translations from German and FrenchIn his self-published book of poems, the author acknowledges that the selection includes items previously published in the New Statesman, The Listener, The London Magazine, Country Life, and elsewhere, often under the name Matthew Mitchell.
