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Graham Robb


Graham Macdonald Robb PhD FRSL (born Manchester, (1958-06-02) 2 June 1958 (age 58)) is a British author, historian and French literary critic.

Born in Manchester then in the historic county of Lancashire, he attended the Royal Grammar School, Worcester, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford to read Modern Languages and graduating with first-class honours in 1981 (BA (Oxon) proceeding MA).

In 1982, Robb entered Goldsmiths' College, London to undertake teacher training (as well as French as a Special Subject tutored by Donald Adamson), before pursuing postgraduate studies at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee where he received a PhD in French literature. He was then awarded a junior research fellowship at Exeter College in the University of Oxford (1987-1990), before leaving academia.


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