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'''Robin Anthony Fletcher''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] (30 May 1922 &ndash; 15 January 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/obituaries |title=Obituaries - The Rhodes Scholarships |website=Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-01}} http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/news/rhodes-scholars-pay-tribute-warden-fletcher</ref> was a British [[academic administrator]], and a British [[field hockey]] player who competed in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward.
'''Robin Anthony Fletcher''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] (30 May 1922 &ndash; 15 January 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/obituaries |title=Obituaries - The Rhodes Scholarships |website=Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-01}} http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/news/rhodes-scholars-pay-tribute-warden-fletcher</ref> was a British [[academic administrator]], and a British [[field hockey]] player who competed in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward.


Fletcher was a scholar of modern Greek who served for many years as Bursar of [[Trinity College, Oxford]], of which he was a fellow from 1949 and afterwards an emeritus fellow.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oneltd |url=http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/fellows-and-college-officers/ |title=Trinity College – Fellows and College Officers |website=Trinity.ox.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-01}}</ref> From 1980 to 1989 he served as Warden of [[Rhodes House]], Oxford, responsible for the running of the [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. His memoirs, ''A Favouring Wind: A passage within and without academia'', were published in 2007. His wife Jinny died in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/ |title=Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships |website=Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk |date=2016-01-15 |accessdate=2016-02-01}}</ref> Portraits of Fletcher hang in [[Rhodes House]], Oxford, and [[Trinity College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/robin-fletcher-b-1922-fellow-of-trinity-college-223812 |title=Your Paintings : Robin Fletcher (b.1922) |website=Bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2016-02-01}}</ref>
Fletcher was a scholar of modern Greek who was a Fellow of [[Trinity College, Oxford]]from 1950 to 1989. Between 1951 and 1974 he combined the position of Domestic Bursar with a university lectureship in modern Greek, and later became an emeritus Fellow.<ref>https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/robin-fletcher/
{{cite web|author=Oneltd |url=http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/fellows-and-college-officers/ |title=Trinity College – Fellows and College Officers |website=Trinity.ox.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-01}}</ref> From 1980 to 1989 he served as Warden of [[Rhodes House]], Oxford, responsible for the running of the [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. His memoirs, ''A Favouring Wind: A passage within and without academia'', were published in 2007. His wife Jinny died in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/ |title=Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships |website=Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk |date=2016-01-15 |accessdate=2016-02-01}}</ref> Portraits of Fletcher hang in [[Rhodes House]], Oxford, and [[Trinity College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/robin-fletcher-b-1922-fellow-of-trinity-college-223812 |title=Your Paintings : Robin Fletcher (b.1922) |website=Bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2016-02-01}}</ref>


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Revision as of 04:45, 18 May 2016

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  United Kingdom
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Team competition

Robin Anthony Fletcher OBE DSC (30 May 1922 – 15 January 2016)[1] was a British academic administrator, and a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward.

Fletcher was a scholar of modern Greek who was a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxfordfrom 1950 to 1989. Between 1951 and 1974 he combined the position of Domestic Bursar with a university lectureship in modern Greek, and later became an emeritus Fellow.[2] From 1980 to 1989 he served as Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, responsible for the running of the Rhodes Scholarship. His memoirs, A Favouring Wind: A passage within and without academia, were published in 2007. His wife Jinny died in July 2010.[3] Portraits of Fletcher hang in Rhodes House, Oxford, and Trinity College, Oxford.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Obituaries - The Rhodes Scholarships". Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-01. http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/news/rhodes-scholars-pay-tribute-warden-fletcher
  2. ^ https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/robin-fletcher/ Oneltd. "Trinity College – Fellows and College Officers". Trinity.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  3. ^ "Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships". Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  4. ^ "Your Paintings : Robin Fletcher (b.1922)". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
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