Eric Sunderland
Eric Sunderland, CBE, FSB (18 March 1930 – 24 March 2010) was a Welsh anthropologist and academic. He served as Principal and then Vice-Chancellor of the University College of North Wales from 1984 to 1995, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales from 1989 to 1991. He had previously taught at the University of Durham, where he had risen to be Professor of Anthropology (1971 to 1984) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (1979 to 1984).[1][2][3] In retirement, he held a number of royal appointments: he served as High Sheriff of Gwynedd for 1998/1999,[4] and as Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd from 2000 to 2006.[3]
References
- ^ "Honorary degrees". Times Higher Education. 6 June 1997. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Professor Eric Sunderland: Vice-Chancellor of Bangor University who brought calm after a period of turbulence". The Independent. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ a b 'SUNDERLAND, Prof. Eric', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 July 2017
- ^ "No. 55079". The London Gazette. 25 March 1998. p. 3450.
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