Andy Orchard
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Professor Andy Orchard FRSC FBA |
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| 21st Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon | |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Malcolm Godden |
| 14th Provost of Trinity College, Toronto | |
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In office 2007–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret MacMillan |
| Succeeded by | Mayo Moran |
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| Born |
Andrew Philip McDowell Orchard 27 February 1964 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Clare Brind (m. 1991) |
| Children | Two |
| Education | University College School |
| Alma mater |
Queens' College, Cambridge Exeter College, Oxford |
Andrew Philip McDowell 'Andy' Orchard, FRSC, FBA (born 27 February 1964) is a British academic in Old English, Norse and Celtic literature. He is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was previously Provost of Trinity College, University of Toronto from 2007 to 2013.
Orchard was born on 27 February 1964 in North London, England. He was educated at University College School, then an all-boys independent school in London.
His undergraduate degree was undertaken at both Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from 1983, and Exeter College, University of Oxford, where he read English from 1985. He graduated in 1987 Bachelor of Arts (BA), which was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA). He then undertook postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge, completing his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1990. His doctoral thesis was titled The poetic art of Aldhelm.
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