Maurice Shock
Sir Maurice Shock (15 April 1926 – 7 July 2018) was a British university administrator and educationalist.
Shock was educated at King Edward VI Aston in Birmingham and later read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained a first-class degree.[1]
During his early career, Shock worked for British intelligence.[1] He was the Politics Fellow (1956–77) and Estates Bursar (1958–73) of University College, Oxford, and was later made an Honorary Fellow of the college in 1985.[2]
His academic publications include The Liberal Tradition: From Fox to Keynes (co-edited with Alan Bullock, 1967)[3] and related works.[4]
Shock served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester from 1977 to 1987, then became Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford until retiring in 1994. He was a member of the UK General Medical Council from 1989 to 1999.[5] The Maurice Shock Building for Medical Sciences at the University of Leicester is named after him.[6]
References
- 1 2 "RIP Sir Maurice Shock". UK: University College, Oxford. July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ "Honorary Fellows". University College Record. UK: University College, Oxford. October 2010. p. 14.
- ↑ Bullock, Alan; Shock, Maurice, eds. (1967). The Liberal Tradition: From Fox to Keynes. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ Shock, Maurice (1957). "Gladstone's Invasion of Egypt, 1882". History Today. 7 (6). pp. 351–357.
- ↑ Health as foreign policy Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine., The Ditchley Foundation, 2002.
- ↑ Maurice Shock Building (MSB) — University of Leicester, Flickr.
- ↑ "Obituary: Oxford University leader Sir Maurice Shock". UK: Oxford Mail. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ↑ "Sir Maurice Shock LLD (1926–2018)". UK: University of Leicester. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ "Former chief raised prestige of university and the city", Staff Reporter, Leicester Mercury, 12 July 2018
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Preceded by Sir Fraser Noble |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester 1977–1987 |
Succeeded by Dr Kenneth Edwards |
Preceded by Vivian H. H. Green |
Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford 1987–1994 |
Succeeded by Sir Eric Anderson |
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