James Fitzjames Duff

James Fitzjames Duff

Professor Sir James Fitzjames Duff (February 1, 1898 – 1970) was an English educator.

The son of James Duff Duff, Duff was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was professor of education at the University of Manchester from 1932 to 1937; alternating vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of Durham University from 1937 to 1960; member of several commissions and enquiries, including the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies (1943–1945) and the Elliot Commission on Higher Education in West Africa (1943–1945); member of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1959 to 1965; mayor of Durham City from 1959 to 1960; and Lord Lieutenant of Durham from 1964 to 1970. He was knighted in 1949.

References

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18060.htm#i180598 thePeerage.com]
* [http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/duff.htm Duff genealogy]


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