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Declan McCavana

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Declan McCavana (born 1963) is a French language scholar and professor from Northern Ireland.

Career

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Declan McCavana was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1963. He attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast and then Trinity College Dublin from which he obtained a B.A. (Hons) in French.[1]

He then moved to France where he initially taught as a ‘lecteur d’anglais’ at the Sorbonne and at Ecole Normale Supérieure.[2] He then obtained a post as President of the French Debating Society (ENSAE).[3]

Awards

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  • 2015: MBE For services to the promotion of the English language in France[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Past Pupils - St Mary's 1980s". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Professor Declan McCavana". Franco British Connections. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Welcome". French Debating Association. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2022.