Fellowship

The RSE Fellowship comprises around 1,800 leading experts in the sciences, arts, business, professions and the third and public sectors, with links to Scotland. This range of expertise within the Fellowship places us in a unique position to provide an informed, interdisciplinary response to issues facing Scotland and internationally.

Our Fellows from academia, business and public service are among the most distinguished in their fields. We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.

Elected: 2003
Discipline: Language, Literature and History
Professor Peter France
Emeritus Professor of French, University of Edinburgh
Born Derry 19/10/35. Educated at Bradford Grammar School, Magdalen College Oxford, and France. Academic Posts at University of Sussex (1963-80) and University of Edinburgh (Professor of French, 1980-2000). Married to Siân Reynolds, 3 daughters.
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